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January 11
 
 
The Castle of Wolfenbach - one of the Horrid Novels of Austin's Northanger Abbey
One of the seven "horrid novels" named in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, The Castle of Wolfenbach is perhaps the most important of the early Gothic novels, predating both The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Monk.

In the story, Matilda Weimar flees her lecherous and incestuous uncle and seeks refuge in the ancient Castle of Wolfenbach. Among the castle's abandoned chambers, Matilda discovers the horrifying mystery of the missing Countess of Wolfenbach..
 
 
 
         
           
 
 
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