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  • The Monk

    Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who, disguised as a boy, has entered his monastery as a novice. Ambrosio then falls in love with one of his penitents and finally kills her in order to escape detection. However, he is discovered, tortured by the Inquisition and sentenced to death. Although extravagant in its ... Read more

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  • Before Burns

    Eighteenth-Century Scottish Poetry

    Edited by Christopher MacLachlan ...
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    This superb anthology offers a lively and indispensable collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. Here are the poets who created the literary tradition of vernacular directness which Burns drew upon and shared.Before Burns includes a substantial selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns's 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the ... Read more

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  • The Castle of Otranto

    According to Wikipedia: "Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 2 March 1797), was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. ... Read more

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  • The Mysteries of Udolpho

    by Ann Radcliffe ...
    A lonely castle. Hidden secrets. A heroine trapped in a world of fear and mystery. In The Mysteries of Udolpho, a young woman finds herself drawn into a haunting journey through dark castles, remote landscapes, and unsettling secrets. As she faces danger, emotional trials, and eerie occurrences, she must rely on her courage and intuition to survive a world filled with uncertainty and suspense. ... Read more

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  • The Italian

    by Ann Radcliffe ...
    Set against the backdrop of the Inquisition, this Gothic romance from British novelist Ann Radcliffe is sure to please fans of the genre. Protagonists Vincentio di Vivaldi and Ellena di Rosalba fall in love at first sight and attempt to escape the siege of religious persecution and marry. Will they succeed, or will their romance fall prey to the hysteria and senseless destruction that defines the ... Read more

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  • Melmoth the Wanderer

    Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil. Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th century, Maturin's ... Read more

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  • The Romance of the Forest: A Gothic Novel (Reader's Edition)

    by Ann Radcliffe ...
    After being abandoned by the man she believes to be her father, Adeline St. Pierre finds precarious refuge with Pierre de la Motte and his family. Although La Motte is himself fleeing Paris to escape imprisonment, he agrees to take Adeline with them. Circumstances force La Motte and the others to settle in a remote, desolate abbey within the depths of the forest of Fontanville.The travelers' ... Read more

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  • The Female Quixote

    The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella is a novel written by Charlotte Lennox imitating and parodying the ideas of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published in 1752, two years after she wrote her first novel, The Life of Harriot Stuart, it was her best-known and most-celebrated work. It was approved by both Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson, applauded by Samuel Johnson, and used ... Read more

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  • Stressed, Unstressed

    Classic Poems to Ease the Mind

    Can you be re-lit by poetry? This little book offers everyone one of the oldest of all remedies for stress: the reading of poetry.Intended to help you endure some of your stressful moments and painful experiences, these poems tell us we are not alone. Returned again and again over the centuries by great imaginations are love and death and memory – remembrance of childhood joy, of happy days and ... Read more

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  • Risking Everything

    110 Poems of Love and Revelation

    Edited by Roger Housden ...
    “Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” —Mary OliverThis luminous anthology brings together great poets from around the world whose work transcends culture and time. Their words reach past the outer divisions to the universal currents of love and revelation that move and inspire us all. These poems urge us to wake up and love. They also call on us to relinquish our grip ... Read more

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  • Just Imagine: An Anthology Of Poems On Love, Faith And Dreaming

    Series series Rhyme Whisperer Series
    'Just Imagine' brings together two Rhyme Whisperer Books, 'As The Moon And The Sun' and 'In The Madness Of Meeting' in an anthology of poetry on love, faith and dreaming that will provoke minds and brighten hearts of readers of all ages. ... Read more

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  • Fish Heads and Roses

    Fish Heads and Roses: The title reflects the strange fruit found within this anthology.We have the witch who swapped places with her cat and his life.The poetic story of a woman trapped in a Library, who is she?An orchestra of violins, cats and conspiracy, stories and poetry, combined into a soup of words by a group of writers converging and enjoying writing.All the writers who have contributed to ... Read more

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