Ann Radcliffe
Radcliffe almost single-handedly created the Gothic novel of terror, combining sublime landscape description with plots of menace, mystery, and female persecution. Her explained supernatural and atmospheric prose shaped the Gothic tradition for generations.
Works
- The Mysteries of UdolphoGothic novel featuring mysterious castle, orphaned heroine, and supernatural suspense
- The ItalianGothic novel set in Italian monastery with dark secrets, villainy, and mysterious parentage
- A Sicilian RomanceGothic novel featuring mysterious castle, orphaned heroine, and hidden family secrets
- The Romance of the ForestGothic novel of mysterious forest refuge with orphaned heroine in peril from tyrant
- The Castles of Athlin and DunbayneEarly gothic novel featuring mysterious castle, supernatural phenomena, and family secrets