Ann Radcliffe, one of the founders of Gothic literature, wrote this novel in 1796, two years after her most famous work, "The Mysteries of Udolpho."
“The Italian” combines 18th-century Romanticism with a premonition of the eerie literature of the future, standing as if midway between the works of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley.
It is a story of endangered love, of revenge and persecution, of mysterious monastic orders and the Holy Inquisition. Italian landscapes play a special role in the novel, from mountain monasteries and secluded castles to Roman and Neapolitan squares. This is a book for all lovers of refined classics and Gothic literature.
Author: Ann Radcliffe
Translator: Tetiana Hrad
Cover: Hardcover
Number of pages: 597