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Title	:	The Romance of the Forest
Author	:	Ann Radcliffe
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	2009 by Oxford University Press (first published October 15th 1791)
Categories	:	Classics. Gothic. Fiction. Romance. Literature. 18th Century

The Romance of the Forest Paperback | Pages: 432 pages

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Set in a Roman Catholic Europe of violent passions and extreme oppression, the novel follows the fate of its heroine Adeline, who is mysteriously placed under the protection of a family fleeing Paris for debt. They take refuge in a ruined abbey in south-eastern France, where sinister relics of the past - a skeleton, a manuscript, and a rusty dagger - are discovered in concealed rooms. Adeline finds herself at the mercy of the abbey's proprietor, a libidinous Marquis whose attentions finally force her to contemplate escape to distant regions. Rich in allusions to aesthetic theory and to travel literature, The Romance of the Forest is also concerned with current philosophical debate and examines systems of thought central to the intellectual life of late eighteenth-century Europe.

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Original Title:	The Romance of the Forest
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Annette, Adeline, Pierre de la Motte, Madame de la Motte, Louis de la Motte, Marquis de Montalt, Clara la Luc, Arnaud la Luc, Theodore de Peyrou, Peter

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Ratings: 3.47 From 1933 Users | 168 Reviews

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Somewhat entertaining, with all the early gothic themes. It got a bit overlong, and the characters were flat. What more should I expect?

An unknown girl given to a stranger, a deserted Abby, secret chambers, bones, a cruel Marquis, the handsome stranger- ahh... My first gothic romance. I read this after reading Northanger Abby (Austen)- It is a romance novel and adventure in one. A guilty pleasure for young girls whose imaginations had a tendency to run wild. What evil lurked each time they took the carriage out? What unknown spirit lived within the forest?As for the book itself I thought it has a pretty good story

While this book started off really interesting and mysterious, my interest in it began to decrease after a while.The writing just drags, I literally skipped pages without feeling I missed something. It was written poeticly, and even includes some poems, which a lot may like but I didn't care for that, since it just added to the feeling that this book oftentimes didn't get to the point. While some characters seemed fascinating in the first couple of pages there was not enough to them to keep me

[These notes were made in June, 1981:]. Source - Robarts. Finished May/81. Having read Castles and Sicilian Romance, I am amazed at the astonishing improvement in this book. For my money it is better than Udolpho - it is mercifully free of the excessive natural description, and its death-cell scenes stir me a little more than Emily's gallant defence of her property. The Marquis is not, perhaps, so masterly a villain as Montoni, but then, neither can live up to Schedoni, and I find Adeline and

A good read. It's exaggerated somehow which is really annoying!I used to love such novels maybe two years ago, but now I think I don't! As simple as that!There were some beautiful quotes in the novel. It's language is pretty neat. I'm gonna read Radcliffe's other popular novel Adolpho :) I'm really excited about it.

Full disclosure: This was my first Ann Radcliffe novel. It was, I would say, my first proper encounter with anything of this infamous genre. Id say the closest Ive been before was with Dracula, and that has so much horror and fantasy that I just think its almost apples and oranges. I was fully braced for delicate, weeping females of noble, virtuous heart and positively dripping with good qualities. I was prepped for gloomy forests which contained many dark secrets. Love a good ruined castle; was

This is another one I had to read for school. There were parts of the story I really enjoyed, mostly volumes 1 & 2 of this. But volume 3 I had SUCH a hard time with until the last 50ish pages. There were many times when the writing in this just dragged on forever, and I cant tell you how many times the main character cried/fainted. But overall I still enjoyed this read.