{"product_id":"the-italian","title":"The Italian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e'He saw her wounded, and bleeding to death; saw her ashy countenance, and her wasting eyes ... turned piteously on himself, as if imploring him to save her from the fate that was dragging her to the grave...' Ann Radcliffe, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Romance of the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/em\u003e, is the high priestess of the gothic novel. In \u003cem\u003eThe Italian\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1797, she creates a chilling, atmospheric concoction of thwarted lovers, ruined abbeys, imprisonment and dark passages, with an undercurrent of seething sexuality and presents us with a cunning villain in the sinister monk Schedoni. A contemporary review commented on, 'Radcliffe's uncommon talent for exhibiting, with picturesque touches of genius, the vague and horrid shapes which imagination bodies forth...'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48993176748379,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/11_d27ac6aa-5a24-4de4-95b8-8d717a207301.jpg?v=1725960406","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/the-italian","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}