A Sicilian Romance
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A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe.
The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle. The Mazzini sisters, Emilia and Julia are 'beautiful' young ladies with many talents. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead. After much thought Julia attempts to elope with Hippolitus on the night before her wedding.
However, their escape had been anticipated, and the Marquis, Julia's father, ambushes and seemingly kills Hippolitus whose body is carried away by his servants. The Marquis tells Julia that she must marry the duke and after much difficulty she escapes again alone. The Marquis and the Duke spend much of the novel trying to catch Julia and force her to marry the duke. Julia has to flee from her various hiding places as she narrowly avoids capture and eventually ends up, by a secret tunnel, in the abandoned and seemingly haunted southern apartments of the Mazzini castle only to find that her mother, thought to be dead, had been imprisoned there for years by the Marquis, who had grown to despise her.
The Marquis's new wife, Maria de Vellorno, commits murder-suicide after the Marquis discovers and accuses her of infidelity, poisoning the Marquis and stabbing herself. Before he dies the Marquis confesses to Ferdinand, his son, that his mother has been imprisoned, and hands him the keys. However, his mother and Julia had already been freed by Hippolitus, who had recovered from his wounds. Ferdinand then finds them at a lighthouse on the coast, waiting to leave for Italy, and they are all joyfully reunited.
The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle. The Mazzini sisters, Emilia and Julia are 'beautiful' young ladies with many talents. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead. After much thought Julia attempts to elope with Hippolitus on the night before her wedding.
However, their escape had been anticipated, and the Marquis, Julia's father, ambushes and seemingly kills Hippolitus whose body is carried away by his servants. The Marquis tells Julia that she must marry the duke and after much difficulty she escapes again alone. The Marquis and the Duke spend much of the novel trying to catch Julia and force her to marry the duke. Julia has to flee from her various hiding places as she narrowly avoids capture and eventually ends up, by a secret tunnel, in the abandoned and seemingly haunted southern apartments of the Mazzini castle only to find that her mother, thought to be dead, had been imprisoned there for years by the Marquis, who had grown to despise her.
The Marquis's new wife, Maria de Vellorno, commits murder-suicide after the Marquis discovers and accuses her of infidelity, poisoning the Marquis and stabbing herself. Before he dies the Marquis confesses to Ferdinand, his son, that his mother has been imprisoned, and hands him the keys. However, his mother and Julia had already been freed by Hippolitus, who had recovered from his wounds. Ferdinand then finds them at a lighthouse on the coast, waiting to leave for Italy, and they are all joyfully reunited.
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In diesem Schauerroman verliebt sich Julia Mazzini Knall auf Fall in Graf Hippolitus. Ihr Vater hat jedoch den Herzog de Luovo als ihren Gatten vorgesehen. Die Handlung kreist darum: können Marquis Ferdinand (der Vater) und der Herzog Julia zur Heirat zwingen? Dafür muss sie erstmal erwischt werden.
Es beginnt eine turbulente Verfolgungsjagd durch Sizilien und das angrenzende Italien, durch uneinnehmbare Schlösser, schaurige Burgruinen und abgeschiedene Klöster.
Julia (und andere) fallen reihenweise in Ohnmacht.
Einige zweifelhafte Charaktere (um es milde auszudrücken) tummeln sich im Roman, beispielsweise der Vater. Der grausame Marquis hat charakterlich entgegengesetzte Kinder und eine liebevolle erste Frau, von der man sich fragt: Wie konnte Louisa diesen Mann heiraten?
Der hinterhältigste und unberechenbarste aber ist Abt Abate. Mehrfach versichert er Julia, dass sie nichts zu befürchten hätte. Dann jedoch verknüpft er es an die Bedingung, dass Julia den Schleier nehmen müsse. Ein Euphemismus für: den Rest ihres Lebens kann Julia abschreiben.
Der Grusel entsteht durch zahlreiche geheime, offen zugängliche und verbotene Türen und die Zeichen (Licht, Gestöhne, Schreie) aus einem unbewohnten Teil des Schlosses der Mazzini. Damit gibt es am Ende einen besonderen Twist.
Ann Ward Radcliffe beschreibt alles wunderbar. Über die vielen Zufälle im Plot und einige, die Handlung aufhaltende Gedichte kann man hinweglesen.
Ich jedenfalls war von diesem Schauerroman begeistert.
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