biography
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Radcliffe, Ann
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née Ward
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| female
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| lived:
| (1764–1823)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in London, UK. She lived a retired life, and became well known for her Gothic novels, notably The Romance of the Forest (1791), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), and The Italian (1797). Her contemporary reputation was considerable, and she influenced Byron, Shelley, and others, many of whom imitated her ‘gothick romances’. |
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