Author: Ann Radcliffe

'Among his associates no one loved him, many disliked him, and more feared him.' Father Schedoni is enlisted by the imperious Marchesa di Vivaldi...

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffes debut novel is a tragic story of love and ...

The Italian (1797) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffes final novel is a tragic story of romance and mystery set in Naples during the brutal yea...

A Sicilian Romance (1790) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffes second novel is a tragic story of love and murder set in t...

The first poetess of romantic fiction. -Sir Walter Scott Mrs. Radcliffe is a mistress of hints, suggestions, minute details, breathless pa...

The first poetess of romantic fiction.-Sir Walter Scott Mrs. Radcliffe is a mistress of hints, suggestions, minute details, breathless pauses, an...

First published in 1797, The Italian, with its archetypal villain Schedoni, its intense romance and its sublime depiction of landscape, is the mast...