Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist and a pioneer of Gothic fiction. Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s. Radcliffe was the most popular writer of...
I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.