Audio Sample
Ann Radcliffe
The Italian
Read by Georgina Sutton
unabridged
Vincentio di Vivaldi has fallen in love with Ellena Rosalba. However, his proud and noble family vehemently oppose the match: they cannot allow him to wed someone with no money or social standing. Thus, his mother, the mean-spirited Marchesa, and her minion, the evil monk Father Schedoni, set in motion a malign plot that has Ellena kidnapped and imprisoned in a convent, to prevent a hasty marriage. Vivaldi’s attempt to free Ellena leads to his arrest and incarceration in the dungeons of the Inquisition, a terrifying maze of tunnels and chambers beneath Rome, while Ellena is taken to a lone dwelling by the sea… In part a response to Matthew Lewis’s The Monk, The Italian is a deeply atmospheric novel, combining sublime landscapes and unnerving feelings of fear and dread. It is one of the landmarks of Gothic fiction.
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Running Time: 18 h 05 m
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Digital ISBN: 978-1-78198-442-0 Cat. no.: NA0577 Produced by: John Foley Edited by: Timothy Brown BISAC: FIC004000 BIC: FC Released: May 23 -
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