Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845)
Author of Clermont
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Works by Regina Maria Roche
Oscar y Amanda. Tomo I 1 copy
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The Complete Northanger Horrid Novel Collection (9 Books of Gothic Romance and Horror) (2013) — Contributor — 28 copies, 1 review
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- Other names
- Dalton, Regina Maria (birth)
Roche, R. M. - Birthdate
- 1764
- Date of death
- 1845
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- novelist
- Short biography
- Regina Maria Roche, née Dalton, was born in Waterford, Ireland and moved to Dublin as a child. She lived in England after her marriage in 1794. Her first two novels, The Vicar of Lansdowne (1789) and The Maid of the Hamlet (1793), were published under her maiden name. Her third novel, a sentimental Gothic romance called The Children of the Abbey (1796-97), rocketed her to fame and became one of the most popular novels of the period, rivaling The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.
The Children of the Abbey
was translated into several languages, including French, German and Spanish. Mrs. Roche published Clermont: A Tale, in 1798, but then experienced financial troubles and did not write again until 1807, when she received aid from the Royal Literary Fund. She wrote about 10 more novels, most set in rural Ireland, but none matched her earlier successes. She returned to her native country in the 1820s and died in relative obscurity. - Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Waterford, Ireland
- Places of residence
- Waterford, Ireland (birth)
Dublin, Ireland - Place of death
- Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Ireland
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ireland
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Reviews
This is a rather fun, albeit confusing, romp into a late 18th century Gothic novel. If your thing is very detailed plots with spots of poetry, people who faint all over the place, characters whose identies keep changing, and the repetitive use of the word "melancholy", then this is the story for you. As a heads up, if you think that characters who have the same name will be a burden to your reading this book, then seek a person to tutor you through this merry tale of intrigue, nobels, and show more castles. Looking back on this tale, I found it took a little work to understand it all, but that my efforts were well rewarded by the book's conclusion. show less
La obra cuenta las aventuras y desventuras de dos hermanos dotados de todas las virtudes, Amanda y Óscar, descendientes de una poderosa familia escocesa propietaria de la Abadía de Dunreath. Injustamente privados de sus derechos sucesorios por mezquinas intrigas familiares, también son acosados por un villano, el Coronel Belgrave, que no duda en alcanzar las cotas máximas de ruindad para vengarse de la negativa del padre de Amanda a bendecir sus viles intenciones hacia la joven. Incluido show more habitualmente entre los relatos góticos, Óscar y Amanda presenta una atractiva combinación de realismo doméstico, ambientación contemporánea con toques góticos, argumento convencional incluyendo herencia perdida y recuperada, y una gran dosis de sentimentalismo show less
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