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Ann Radcliffe - Author
1764-1823
English
Can this be in human nature! — Can such
horrible perversion of right be permitted!

Ann Radcliffe

Although Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823) did not invent the Gothic novel, she was a major factor in its development and popularity, and her work was very influential on many later writers, including Jane Austen. Her two best-remembered books are 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' (1794) and 'The Italian' (1797).