Udolphan

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1. rareOf or relating to The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe.

   After her Udolphan experience Emily says, "I am lately come from a place of wonders; but unluckily, since I left it, I have heard almost all of them explained" (491).

   1991, English Studies in Canada, page 96

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   Like the typical Udolphan landscape wherein morals are tried and in which natural laws seem to collapse, the retreat proves to be the place where Louise is tested most severely […]

   2009, Gerry Turcotte, Peripheral Fear: Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian Fiction