About the book: 2007 / The Gothic novel became the cradle of many subsequent literary genres. And the work of the English writer Anna Radcliffe in the trend of literature that was fashionable at that time was very noticeable and fruitful. All of Europe was devoured by her horror novels, but the writer’s brightly flared fame turned out to be short-lived. The fate of Anna Radcliffe was fraught with many incomprehensible and incomprehensible things. After her fifth novel, “The Italian,” which brought her resounding success, Radcliffe withdrew from light and fame, disappearing as mysteriously as many of her characters... The book contains a foreword by W. Scott “Mrs. Anna Radcliffe».