The Abbess
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| The Abbess: A Romance | |
 Title page from the first edition |
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| Author | William Henry Ireland |
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| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Gothic novel |
| Publisher | Earle and Hemet |
| Publication date | 1799 |
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| Pages | 264 (vol. 1), 240 (vol. 2), 215 (vol. 3), 212 (vol. 4) |
| ISBN | NA |
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The Abbess: A Romance is a gothic novel by William Henry Ireland first published in 1799. [1]. The eponymous central character, Mother Vittoria Bracciano is a female equivalent of 'Monk Lewis's Ambrosio, motivated by dark and powerful forces. The novel is supernatural in character, haunted by the spirit of Sister Marietta, and is generally seen as one of the most voluptuous and salacious gothic novels in terms of its graphic scenes of sex, Roman Catholic religious fervour and torture.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Haggerty, George (November 2004-February 2005). The Horrors of Catholicism: Religion and Sexuality in Gothic Fiction. Romanticism on the Net (issues 36-37). Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
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