by Ann Radcliffe · Oxford Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192815729
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«The Italian» is Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel, published by Oxford Paperbacks in paperback (442 pages, in English).
In eighteenth-century Italy, Vincentio di Vivaldi falls in love with Ellena Rosalba, but their love clashes with his mother's opposition and the intrigues of the monk Schedoni. To prevent the marriage, Schedoni hatches conspiracies that drag the lovers through persecutions and secrets of the Inquisition, in a plot of suspense, Gothic terror and romance.
The novel was originally published in 1796; this edition belongs to the World's Classics collection and is prepared by Frederick Garber.
A title for readers of classics and fans of the Gothic novel, suspense and historical romance.
Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third novel, The Romance of the Forest (1791) and her fifth novel, The Italian (1797). Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events.
