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The Romance of the Forest

by Ann Radcliffe

Adeline, a girl handed over to strangers by the man she believes is her father, takes refuge with a family on the run in a ruined abbey in a French forest, and finds the manuscript of a prisoner. Ann Radcliffe published it in 1791, and it was her first great success. Three years later came The Mysteries of Udolpho, the book Catherine Morland cannot put down.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 9 hr 5 min

Where to find it

The Austen Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #64701. In the public domain in the United States.