Ann Radcliffe: The Great EnchantressTo her contemporaries, Ann Radcliffe was The Great Enchantress. Her wild and stormy Gothic romances made her one of the most popular and successful writers of the late-18th century. This is an introduction to her life and work, written especially for first- and second-year undergraduate students of literature and culture. |
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The Great Enchantress7 | 7 |
The gentlewoman and the authoress21 | 21 |
and Dunbayne and A Sicilian Romance73 | 73 |
Copyright | |
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