Quantity: 1

Auction Ends: 12/15/00

High Bidder: gfajuri@umich.edu

Seller: Ye Old eBay Web Masters

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The author, though a woman, was offered 800 pounds to write this novel by a London publisher, and this work is not her first. Previous successes include The Mysteries of Udolpho, considered a seminal work in what the sellers understand to be a new genre of writing called "Gothic." Consequently, the reader can be assured that the content will not only be professionally written, but amusing to the mind and entertaining in the most extreme. The way in which Ms. Radcliffe manages to play with this so-called "Gothic" genre of writing has piqued the interest of some of the most learned citizens in the British Empire. Five pounds seems a small price to pay for such a pleasing diversion, especially one that can be enjoyed over and over by appreciating its varying levels of complexity. Some have been struck by the way landscapes factor into the way the author chose to write this work of fiction, while others have marveled at it for different reasons all together. Second and third readings of the text are bound to give the high bidder of this auction pleasures not encountered the first time around. The novel is one full of mystery from the outset; the opening scene sets the stage by introducing a veiled woman to readers, a veiled woman that will be pursued throughout the text by Vivaldi, one of Radcliffe's main characters in this masterful piece of fiction. Mystery, a central theme in the book, is one that makes The Italian such a visceral experience for any reader. Books of this quality are only now becoming popular and readily available to the general public. Be the first person in your neighborhood to read The Italian and proudly state that "you read it way back when," before the rest of the herd was literate and knew who Radcilffe was. The binding is pretty and suitable for display, of course, but the contents of this volume are what you're after, so bid now.

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