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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Ann Radcliffe

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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne | Ann Radcliffe

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

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This book has everything: murder, revenge, battles, damsels in distress, aristocrats, captives, secrets, and, most of all, love.
Lee 07/08/2024
For the completist, Ann Radcliffe's first slightly clunky attempt at a Gothic romance. In retrospect it's easy to see both the promise of better Gothics to come, and to isolate why her later work is so much more successful. Mainly it's the filigree that's enjoyable about Ms. Radcliffe's art. The plo
Ioan 07/18/2023
So much fun! This is the first book by Ann Radcliffe, which I had to read after the second (A Sicilian Romance) and I must say, I definitely enjoyed this more. It is slightly deficient in the delightful descriptions of the second, but the story line and the characters I definitely had greater feelin
Katie 07/19/2020
A fairly enjoyable but slightly predictable read. I found the characterisation a bit flat but enjoyed the writing.
blake 09/17/2017
OK, you may not grant this four stars but I will. It's a delightful little book about an ill-considered attempt to avenge a murdered father, star-crossed lovers, dungeons, castles, treachery, ghostly sounds, and a lucky accident of birth.

I know how I have this book: As a young man, I read HP Lovecra
Wreade1872 08/06/2017
I've previously read the The Mysteries of Udolpho and the main complaints people have against that are the overly detailed descriptions and its overall length.

Both of these factors are absent from this shorter work but unfortunately its the poorer for the loss.

Without all that rich description it fe
Kailey (Luminous Libro) 04/28/2015
I do love Ann Radcliffe's books, but this first attempt of hers is sort of pathetic. It's amazing to think that she went on to write such examples of Gothic perfection like Mysteries of Udolpho, The Italian, and Romance of the Forest.

If you are new to reading Radcliffe, I would NOT recommend startin

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