The Italian: Or the Confessional of the Black Penitents (Oxford English Novels) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Italian: Or the Confessional of the Black Penitents (Oxford English Novels) Book

The haughty, manipulative Marchesa, determined to thwart the romance between her son, the young Neapolitan nobleman Vincentio di Vivaldi, and Elena di Rosalba, has enlisted the help of the villainous, scheming monk, Schedoni. With a livid paleness of face and a melancholy eye, whose brooding presence dominates the novel, Schedoni has become an archetype of Romantic literature. Set in the mid-eighteenth century against the dramatic, lush backdrop of the Bay of Naples, The Italian is a tale of passion, deceit, abduction, and the horrors of the Inquisition.In one of the most powerful Gothic tales ever written, Mrs. Radcliffe, the unrivalled master of the genre, skillfully combines traditional elements of danger, romance, and the supernatural with her abiding interest in history and considerable ability to paint poetic images of sublime landscape. In the introduction, Robert Miles examines the novel's literary and historical context.Read More

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  • 0192553151
  • 9780192553157
  • Ann Radcliffe
  • 1 February 1968
  • Oxford University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 442
  • New Ed
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