Manfroné, or, The one-handed monk / Mary Anne Radcliffe ; introduction by Lisa Kröger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radcliffe, Mary Anne, active 1790?-1809, author.

Contributor:

Kröger, Lisa, writer of introduction.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monks--Fiction.

Monks.

Rape--Fiction.

Rape.

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Genre:

Fiction.

Gothic fiction.

Physical Description:

323 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

[New edition].

Other Title:

One-handed monk

1-handed monk

Place of Publication:

Richmond, Virginia : Valancourt Books, 2021.

Summary:

This early 19th-century novel "opens with an unforgettable Gothic scene: a lascivious monk enters the lovely Rosalina's bedroom at midnight through a secret panel, planning to rape her--but suffers the gruesome loss of his hand when he is caught in the act. But the one-handed monk is not the only danger facing Rosalina. Her father, the haughty Duca di Rodolpho, is determined to marry her to the cruel Prince di Manfroné and has imprisoned her true love Montalto in the castle dungeon. And then there is the mysterious Grimaldi. What are his inscrutable plans, and is he trying to help Rosalina or destroy her?

Notes:

Originally published in four volumes: J.F. Hughes, 1809.

First published by Valancourt, 2007.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781954321014

1954321015

9781954321021

1954321023

OCLC:

1248688398

Publisher Number:

99991105678