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A review by dom_brlw
A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe
3.0
A Sicilian Romance is your 1790s thriller. It would have left readers up late at night at the time, made them cry and jump but nowadays, it isn't as entertaining. This book is better studied than read to be honest. The first book I encountered and felt was like that.
I was never so absorbed in the story that I forgot I was reading. I would count the number of pages left in the chapters and sigh when I saw it was more than 10. I always postponed the moment for reading it. When in literature class, however, I loved studying it. It was so much fun!
Also, I was rather proud when I uncovered the mystery (revealed in the last 20 pages) at the very beginning of the novel :)
Well, if you want to know, this book is filled with women fainting, a controlling parent, a manipulative stepmother, men seeking power or men being very chivalrous. It has many themes of the gothic like the use of setting, representation of gender, the supernatural, power and menace and more.
If you're interested in a 1790s read with a bit of action and lots of running away, go for it, you might like it! And if you'd like to study it, even better!
Happy reading <3
I was never so absorbed in the story that I forgot I was reading. I would count the number of pages left in the chapters and sigh when I saw it was more than 10. I always postponed the moment for reading it. When in literature class, however, I loved studying it. It was so much fun!
Also, I was rather proud when I uncovered the mystery (revealed in the last 20 pages) at the very beginning of the novel :)
Well, if you want to know, this book is filled with women fainting, a controlling parent, a manipulative stepmother, men seeking power or men being very chivalrous. It has many themes of the gothic like the use of setting, representation of gender, the supernatural, power and menace and more.
If you're interested in a 1790s read with a bit of action and lots of running away, go for it, you might like it! And if you'd like to study it, even better!
Happy reading <3