The Romance of the Forest; Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

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THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST evokes a world drenched in both horror and natural splendor, beset with abductions and imprisonments, and centered upon the frequently terrified but still resourceful and determined heroine Adeline. The Gothic Romance stands perfectly poised between the eighteenth century and the oncoming Age of Romanticism, offering moral lessons, pure thrills, and a new kind of fiction that gives more prominence to atmospheric setting and sustained suspense than ever before. [From the back cover.] INTRODUCTION vii VOLUME I CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER II 18 CHAPTER III 38 CHAPTER IV 50 CHAPTER V 66 CHAPTER VI 94 CHAPTER VII 107 VOLUME II CHAPTER VIII 123 CHAPTER IX 141 CHAPTER X 151 CHAPTER XI 167 CHAPTER XII 188 CHAPTER XIII 217 CHAPTER XIV 224 VOLUME III CHAPTER XV 247 CHAPTER XVI 264 CHAPTER XVII 283 CHAPTER XVIII 297 CHAPTER XIX 321 CHAPTER XX 336 CHAPTER XXI 346 CHAPTER XXII 363 CHAPTER XXIII 367 CHAPTER XXIV 378 CHAPTER XXV 385 CHAPTER XXVI 392 SUGGESTED READING 399