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Paperback. Adeline, the protagonist of Ann Radcliffes The Romance of the Forest, became a model for later Gothic heroines. Passionate, imaginative, and sensitive, in the course of the novel she travels rapidly through the forests and Gothic ruins of France, pursued by the villain de Montfort and perpetually threatened by what appear to be supernatural events. The publication of The Romance of the Forest in 1791 had a significant impact on Radcliffes career and on the rise of what would be known as the Gothic novel. The novel was widely praised upon publication and became a measure of quality against which all her future novels were gauged. Along with critical praise, The Romance of the Forest found an enthusiastic general audience and opened the new genre of Gothic Romance to a wider range of readers.The extensive historical appendices provide material on the novels contemporary reception, the Gothic novel, sensibility and sentiment, and the aesthetics of the sublime and picturesque. The publication of The Romance of the Forest in 1791 had a significant impact on Ann Radcliffes career and on the rise of what would be known as the Gothic novel. The extensive historical appendices in this edition provide material on the novel's contemporary reception, the Gothic novel, sensibility and sentiment, and the aesthetics of the sublime and picturesque. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …