num_pages: 700
description: When young Emily goes on a long journey with her father to study and appreciate the machinations of nature, they come home to find her father dying. After his death, Emily is almost forced into a marriage by her forced consort Count Morano when her heart has fallen for the young count Valancourt but strange things are happening around the castle she is to inherit.
language: English
title: The Mysteries of Udolpho
titlecomplete: The Mysteries of Udolpho
characters: Emily St. Aubert, Monsieur St. Aubert, Madame Montoni, Orsino, Signor Montoni, Valancourt
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Gothic, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 15102
places: France, Italy, Pyrenees Mountains, Europe
publisher: Oxford University Press