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Anne Radcliffe


1794 | Anne Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho [offsite ebook] [First Edition: London, 1794 in 4 volumes] (London, 1859).

A basket of provisions was sent thither, with books, and Emily's lute: for fishing-tackle he had no use, for he could never find amusement in torturing or destroying. (Anne Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho)

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