[Gutenberg 3268] • The Mysteries of Udolpho

[Gutenberg 3268] • The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) is the archetypal Gothic novel. A young woman, Emily St. Aubert, suffers the death of her father, followed by worsening physical and psychological death, mirrored in a landscape of crumbling castles and emotive Alps.