A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794 (Vol. 1&2)

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Ann Radcliffe was an English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel. Radcliffe's technique of explaining the supernatural elements of her novels has been credited with enabling Gothic fiction to achieve respectability in the 1790s. Radcliffe portray her women characters as equal to male characters, allowing them to dominate and overtake the typically powerful male dominant villains and heroes, creating new roles for women in literature that were previously not available. Radcliffe's fiction is marked by seemingly supernatural events that are then provided with rational explanations. Throughout her work, traditional moral values are asserted, the rights of women are advocated, and reason prevails.

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