Book Review: "The Mysteries of Udolpho" by Ann Radcliffe - 1794

I remember my surprise, one day, when my niece told me that the book, :The Mysteries of Udolpho," that is mentioned in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" was a real book!  She recommended it to me, so of course, I had to read it.

It is a very melodramatic, adventure story.  The first part of it is rather slow.  There was too much description of the heroine's travels for my liking.  After I got through all of that, I found an exciting, page-turning novel.  I never knew what would happen next.  There was murders, many mysteries, bandits, several haunted castles, romance--you name it.  What a fun book this was.