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The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
3.0

This is absolutely dripping with gothic atmosphere and minute descriptions of nature, but the first 50 to 100 pages were marked with absolute tedium. I found my eyes glazing over as I read & re-read paragraphs. I did rather enjoy the last third of the book more than I expected to and everything was summed up in a slight Dickensian way. Oh, and I've never read of so much weeping in my life.