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A landmark Gothic romance of persecution, mystery, religious power, and suspenseful revelation.
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The Italian
The Italian brings Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic art to a high point through secret identities, monastic terror, family coercion, and carefully managed suspense. This edition is suited to readers of Gothic fiction, Romantic-era novels, and classic mystery atmosphere.
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Ann Radcliffe died in 1823, and The Italian was first published in 1797. These dates support the public-domain basis for this original English edition.
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The Italian
Ann Radcliffe
The Italian, Volume I
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THE CONFESSIONAL of the BLACK PENITENTS.
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Inside this edition
- 01Full text
- 02THE _ITALIAN_,
- 03_A ROMANCE._
- 04ANN RADCLIFFE,
- 05IN THREE VOLUMES.
- 06VOL. I.
- 07LONDON:
- 08_THE ITALIAN_,
- 09THE _ITALIAN_.
- 10CHAPTER I.
- 11MYSTERIOUS MOTHER.
- 12CHAPTER II.
- 13TWELFTH NIGHT.
- 14CHAPTER III.
- 15JULIUS CÆSAR.
- 16CHAPTER IV.
- 17MYSTERIOUS MOTHER.
- 18CHAPTER V.
- 19SHAKESPEARE.
- 20CHAPTER VI.
- 21SHAKESPEARE.
- 22notes, assuaged the force of grief.
- 23CHAPTER VII.
- 24SHAKESPEARE.
- 25CHAPTER VIII.
- 26CHAPTER IX.
- 27MYSTERIOUS MOTHER.
- 28CHAPTER X.
- 29SHAKESPEARE.
- 30CHAPTER XI.
- 31END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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