Author: RADCLIFFE, Ann. Title: The Italian, or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents. A romance.
Description: Dublin, printed for P. Wogan &c 1797. Two volumes 12mo contemporary sheep (some insect chewing of leather around the spines). Some browning and signs of use but a pleasing enough original copy. ¶ First Irish edition, hard on the heels of the London edition. Having never recovered from The Mysteries of Udolpho and the wonder and awe it produced in me - I still wonder how it didn't kill the Romantic movement stone dead and I had an awful urge to slap Emily every time she trembled in ecstacy faced with a slice of nature - I'm unable to face The Italian. The conflicting opinions of it being her both her best and her worst book make it a bit intriguing.
Keywords: literature fiction thrillers gothic novels fantasy horror c18th England
Price: AUD 850.00 = appr. US$ 588.09 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 9599