When young Emily goes on a long journey with her father to study and appreciate the machinations of nature, they come home to find her father dying. After his death, Emily is almost forced into a marriage by her forced consort Count Morano when her heart has fallen for the young count Valancourt but strange things are happening around the castle she is to inherit.
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When young Emily goes on a long journey with her father to study and appreciate the machinations of nature, they come home to find her father dying. After his death, Emily is almost forced into a marriage by her forced consort Count Morano when her heart has fallen for the young count Valancourt but strange things are happening around the castle she is to inherit.
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As a fan of Jane Austen, I've enjoyed Northanger Abbey and had wondered about all the Udolpho references. I was unable to force myself to continue reading it after page 400 something. I found the prose lovely for the first three or four pages and after that very repetitious.
For my taste there was not enough action to balance the description. I also had a problem with not really caring about any of the characters, except perhaps the French maid. The heroine's propensity to faint when the going got tough was perhaps what was expected of genteel young women of the time, but I found it extremely irritating.
If one were on a desert island and it was the only book available, I'd say read this book. Otherwise, I could not honestly recommend it.
