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Happy birthday to the mother of the Gothic, Ann Radcliffe (9 July, 1764 – 7 February, 1823).

Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe


“A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.”
― Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)

Date: 2015-07-09 01:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mosinging1986.livejournal.com
Wow, what an amazing quote! I am tempted to print it out and put it on my wall, above my desk/books!

Date: 2015-07-13 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com
Isn't it great? I'm glad you like it, too! Radcliffe was incredible.

Date: 2015-07-09 08:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ankh-hpl.livejournal.com
And wouldn't she have loved the Internet! )-:

Date: 2015-07-13 05:34 pm (UTC)

Date: 2015-07-13 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com
Oh, how fabulous! Thank you! :)

Date: 2015-07-14 07:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com
You are very welcome :-)

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