num_pages: 693
description: A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St. Aubuert is imprisoned by her evil guardian,Count Montoni, in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines, terror becomes the order of the day. With its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.
language: English
title: The Mysteries of Udolpho
titlecomplete: The Mysteries of Udolpho
characters: Emily St. Aubert, Madame Montoni, Orsino, Monsieur St. Aubert, Valancourt, Signor Montoni
genres: Classics, Historical, Mystery, 18th Century, Gothic, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 15103
places: Italy, France, Pyrenees Mountains, Europe
publisher: Oxford University Press