RADCLIFFE, MRS. ANN

RADCLIFFE, MRS. ANN
   née WARD, English novelist, born in London; wrote a series of popular works which abound in weird tales and scenes of old castles and gloomy forests, and of which the best known is the "Mysteries of Udolpho" (1764-1823).

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