"Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed."
— Ann Radcliffe

January 1, 1970

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Horror authorsNovelists from EnglandPeople from LondonWomen born before the 19th century
Original Language: English

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Motto to the novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, presumed to be Radcliffe's own composition, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).