Okay, so from a literary perspective, perhaps not the most accomplished text, but very enjoyable nonetheless! Not half so silly or campy as Castle of Otranto, I actually found it... if not scary, at least suspenseful in places. A nice introduction to the standard tropes of the genre: domineering fathers, helpless mothers, rape or imprisonment threatening around every corner, and a high-spirited virgin who manages to navigate through it all. ( )

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