Author: Ann RadcliffePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
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Pages : 116
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann RadcliffePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A Highland Story. [By Ann Radcliffe.] The Second Edition
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Author: Ann Ward RadcliffeThe Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann RadcliffePublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513214349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffe’s debut novel is a tragic story of love and murder set in the sublime landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is an early example of her prowess as a leading novelist of suspense and the supernatural. “This pile was venerable from its antiquity, and from its Gothic structure; but more venerable from the virtues which it enclosed. It was the residence of the still beautiful widow, and the children of the noble Earl of Athlin, who was slain by the hand of Malcolm, a neighbouring chief, proud, oppressive, revengeful; and still residing in all the pomp of feudal greatness, within a few miles of the castle of Athlin.” Raised in isolation in the high Castle of Athlin, Osbert and Mary have never known the rituals inherent to public life. As heirs to a once-mighty clan, they are haunted by the weight of their dead father’s legacy, shattered by his murderer Malcolm of Dunbayne. As sadness turns to rage, Osbert swears an oath to avenge his father, wandering off into the deep wilderness of the Highlands in search of men to aid him in his quest. Together with his clansmen and the peasant Alleyn, he launches an assault on Malcolm’s castle, risking everything to reclaim his honor. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ann Radcliffe’s The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann Ward RadcliffePublisher:
ISBN: 9781453780053
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Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, a tale of two warring Highland clans, was Radcliffe's first novel. Sir Walter Scott wrote of it, "We can now trace some germs of that taste and talent for the wild, romantic and mysterious, which the authoress afterwards employed with such effect." One of the qualities that Mrs. Radcliffe possessed that made her so popular around the world was her ability to create poetic descriptions of the scenery in countries that she had never visited. Keats tweaked Radcliffian attitudes when he wrote to a friend, "I'll tip you a Damosel Radcliffe. I'll cavern you and grotto you and waterfall you and immense-rock you and solitude you." Byron quipped in a letter, "I am going out this evening in my Cloak and Gondola-here are two nice Mrs. Radcliffe words for you."
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A Highland Story. By the Author of The Romance of the Forest, Sicilian Romance, &c. &c. [i.e. Ann Radcliffe.]
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Author: Ann Ward RadcliffeThe Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann Ward RadcliffePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
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Pages : 302
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann RadcliffeThe Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann RadcliffePublisher:
ISBN: 9781517537111
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A Highland Story is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe first published in London by Thomas Hookham in 1789.The novel is a set in a powerful landscape which became familiar in her later work, with complex clan feuds and mysterious romantic intrigues played out against a backdrop of ruined medieval castles and rugged Scottish coastlines. Each of the characters can be defined by their passions: The present Earl of Athlin, Osbert, is driven by a passionate desire to avenge his father's murder at the hand of Malcolm, the Baron of Dunbayne. His sister, Mary, is ever swooning and fainting in an attempt to resist her passion for Alleyn, a highlander not of noble birth (and therefore unworthy). Alleyn is likwise driven to heroic deeds of rescue because of his love for Mary. Even the villain, Baron Malcolm, is driven by his desire-first a desire to kill Osbert; it is later supplanted by his desire to possess Mary. Although the passions of its leading characters dominate the plot, the castles of the title are as central to the narrative, establishing an enduring Gothic trope.
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Author: Ann Ward RadcliffePublisher: Independently Published
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Complete and unabridged paperback edition. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, first published in London by Thomas Hookham in 1789. In her introduction to the 1995 Oxford World Classic's edition of the text, Alison Milbank stated that the novel's plot "unites action of a specifically Scottish medieval nature with the characterization and morality of the eighteenth-century cult of sensibility." Description from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. a Highland Story. by Ann Radcliffe. the Third Edition
Author: Ann Ward RadcliffePublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379510819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T092043 With a half-title and two final advertisement leaves. London: printed for James Carpenter and Co., 1799. [4],280, [4]p.; 12°