About this title: 'His figure was striking, but not so from grace ...and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air; something almost super-human.' First published in 1797, The Italian is one of the finest examples of Gothic romance. The fast-paced, narrative centres on Ann Radcliffe's most brilliant ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192832542ISBN:0192832549
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Only slight marking on outside edge, otherwise in very good used book condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: [0-19-281105-3] 1971, 1st thus. (Trade paperback)...Very good.......Also released as: The Confessional of the Black Penitents....(Gothic) read more
Edition: 1968 reprint of 1828 ed
Binding: Hardcover-as published
Publisher: Russell & Russell, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Introduction by Devendra P. Varma. 12mo (7-1/2"), black, simulated morocco, cloth binding, gilt spine lettering. tips trifle worn, top edge bit soiled, else a near fine set. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Russell & Russell,
Date Published: [1968]
Description: Octavo, four volumes in two, cloth. First printing of this edition. Text offset from the 1828 edition. New introduction by Devendra P. Varma. A fine set without dust jackets as issued. (#90889) read more
Description: Acceptable. 16mo. Leather/Cloth Hardcovers, 1797. The usual ex-library treatments are present. 380/360/444pp. Volumes rebound quartered leather with red cloth boards. Tomes shows considerable wear along extremities. Textblocks show mild foxing throughout. Some pencil underlinig in V3. Pages supple to touch. A few minor creases and closed marginal tears. Bindings are tight and sturdy. Excellent candidates for rebinding. All textblocks in their original dimensions, were not cropped at rebind. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr....
Date Published: 1797
Description: 12mo, three volumes: [i-iii] iv-xii [1] 2-336; [1-2] [1] 2-360; [1-2] [1] 2-444, full contemporary sheep with red leather title labels on spines. First edition. "In contrast with the slow turning of the screw of suspense in THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO (1794), Radcliffe's final Gothic novel consciously competes with the horrific Gothic of Lewis and the villain-centered action of THE MONK (1796)...In her movement from terror to horror fiction in THE ITALIAN, Radcliffe sounded a new octave on the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr....
Date Published: 1797
Description: 12mo, three volumes: [i-iii] iv-xii [1] 2-336; [1-2] [1] 2-360; [1-2] [1] 2-444, contemporary three-quarter green leather and marbled boards, spines lettered and tooled in gold, marbled endpapers. First edition. "In contrast with the slow turning of the screw of suspense in THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO (1794), Radcliffe's final Gothic novel consciously competes with the horrific Gothic of Lewis and the villain-centered action of THE MONK (1796)...In her movement from terror to horror fiction in THE ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192832542ISBN:0192832549
Description: Good. Personalized note on inside front page. Highlighting and underlining on a few pages. A good reading copy in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if available). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. All items will be shipped by the close of the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192832542ISBN:0192832549
Description: Fair. Paperback. Not Pretty. Many Bent Pages; Small Tear on Spine; Minimal Writing; Frayed Corners/Bent Cover. SKU: 21427256 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780192832542. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780192811059ISBN:0192811053
Description: Very Good. Very Good Vg trade size soft cover tight and square. name on first page and old bookstore stamp to inside of back cover ow unmarked 415pp vg/-- read more
Edition: Reprint. Reprint of OUP's 1968 edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780192811059ISBN:0192811053
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. xxi, 419p., plate: 1facsim.; 21 cm. Includes: Plates, Facsimiles. This edition originally published 1968. bibl p. xix. This is a reprint with corrections of the first edition of 1797. Radcliff moves beyond the conventions of the gothic novel in this work towards the symbolism taken up by her successors. read more
"'His figure was striking not so from grace... and as he stalked along wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air; something almost super-human.' First published in 1797, THE ITALIAN is one of the finest examples of Gothic romance. The fast-paced narrative centers on Ann Radcliffe's most brilliant creation, the sinister monk Schedoni, whose past is shrouded in mystery, so read the back cover. It took forever to read as the language and sentence structure is complicated. Since I'm on an armchair journey, Radcliffe's wealth of information regarding the topography, geology, and botany of Naples and environs was gleamed from travel books that were popular in this period. I appreciate her 'ability to conjure up distant scenes in the language of the sublime or the picturesque; a rocky defile, pastoral uplands gilded by the setting sun, a seashore under a stormy sky'."
"For those confusing Gothic and Horror be aware, they are not the same and you will be disappointed if you read The Italian looking for the fear to be direct - it isn't. A classic example of the sublime and Gothic. A young couple is finds love and is then torn apart by a mother who believes that Ellena is not good enough for her Vivaldi. With the help of her priest, the sneaky Schedoni, Ellena is kidnapped and, after a harrowing ride, delivered to a convent where she is held captive. Radcliffe's The Italian, is often described as quintessential Gothic. There are hints of the paranormal (typical in the Gothic genre), some of which are explained and some, well you'll have to read it. The focus on the sublime (another mark of the genre) in the novel leads to some long-winded descriptions of the countryside and the uplifting effect it has on the character's soul."
"This book was tedious and difficult to get through. Honestly, it is a good book; just not for me. While I was reading this book, I kept thinking it would have been easier to have crows peck my eyes out than read this book. The prose is overlong and wordy, the drams is melodramatic and over the top - characteristics of gothic romance, I know, but this was to the extreme.
I do want to state that I have another book by Ms. Radcliffe - The Mysteries of Udolpho - which I fully intend to read. This one experience has in no way turned me off from reading other books by her."
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