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Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin.' This is the final judgement of Satan on Victoria di Loredani, the heroine of Zofloya, or The Moor (1806), a tale of lust, betrayal, and multiple murder set in Venice in the last days of the fifteenth century. The novel follows... Read Full Overview

The protagonist of Charlotte Dacre's best known novel, Zofloya, or the Moor(1806) is unique in women's Gothic and Romantic literature, and has more in common with the heroines of Sade or M.G. Lewis than with those of Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith or Jane Austen. No heroine of... Read Full Overview

This is the first edition in nearly 200 years of an unduly neglected work, originally published in 1806, by an unconventional woman writer. A Gothic tale of lust, betrayal and multiple murder set in fifteenth-century Venice, the novel's most daring aspect is its anatomy of the... Read Full Overview

Zofloya or, The Moor: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century by Charlotte Dacre. Zofloya; or, The Moor: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century is an 1806 English Gothic novel by Charlotte Dacre, writing as Rosa Matilda. It was her second novel. It was published in three parts, and later... Read Full Overview

A tale of lust, betrayal, and multiple murder set in Venice in the last days of the 15th century. The novel follows Victoria's progress from spoilt daughter of indulgent aristocrats, through a period of abuse and captivity, to a career of deepening criminality conducted under... Read Full Overview

Zofloya, ou le Maure, Histoire du XVe si cle, un livre classique, a t consid r comme important tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oubli , nous, aux ditions Alpha, nous sommes efforc s de le pr server en republiant ce livre dans un format... Read Full Overview

This gothic novel follows the story of Victoria, a young woman who falls under the spell of the seductive and mysterious Zofloya, who introduces her to a life of deceit, betrayal and murder. As Victoria becomes more deeply enmeshed in his world, she discovers the terrible... Read Full Overview

This gothic novel follows the story of Victoria, a young woman who falls under the spell of the seductive and mysterious Zofloya, who introduces her to a life of deceit, betrayal and murder. As Victoria becomes more deeply enmeshed in his world, she discovers the terrible... Read Full Overview

"Zofloya ou le Maure" de Charlotte Dacre. Femme de lettres anglaise, auteur de romans gothiques (1771 ou 1772 - 1825).

Zofloya or, THE MOOR: a romance of the fifteenth century Charlotte Dacre This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Charlotte Dacre r unit dans son roman tous les ingr dients du genre gothique: jalousie, vengeance, d sir, corruption, perversion, cachot, visions nocturnes, victimes innocentes, meurtre, poison, bandits, etc.

Si Zofloya d range la critique de 1806, c'est en partie parce... Read Full Overview

The protagonist of Charlotte Dacre's best known novel, Zofloya, or the Moor(1806) is unique in women's Gothic and Romantic literature, and has more in common with the heroines of Sade or M.G. Lewis than with those of Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith or Jane Austen. No heroine of... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview