Zofloya Or the Moor

Name: Zofloya Or the Moor
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ISBN: 9780192839343

ISBN-10: 0192839349

ISBN-13: 9780192839343

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charlotte Dacre

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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 Victoria's progress from spoilt daughter of indulgent aristocrats, through a period of abuse and captivity, to a career of deepening criminality conducted under Satan's watchful eye. Charlotte Dacre's narrative deftly displays her heroine's movement from the vitalized position of Ann Radcliffe's heroines to a fully conscious commitment to vice that goes beyond that of `Monk' Lewis's deluded Ambrosio. The novel's…

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List price: $11.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction


Note on the Text


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Charlotte Dacre


Engraving of Charlotte Dacre as Rosa Matilda


Zofloya, or the Moor


Appendix


A Note on Names


Explanatory Notes