A review by imogenrobinson__
A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe

1.0

Heavily reliant on tropes, circumstance, coincidence etc. I found the female characters pretty insufferable tbh - they're always trembling, cowering wrecks fainting and swooning all over the shop. Sure, the tyrannical patriarchal figure of the father is ultimately overcome, but Radcliffe could've developed these female characters a little bit more. I don't think it necessarily fits into the concept of the 'Female Gothic'. I guess it challenges coverture and the imprisoned mother is eventually freed, but idk I kind of feel like it reinforces a lot of the systems it (possibly) attempts to subvert.