When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Ann Radcliffe

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Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist, a pioneer of Gothic fiction, and a minor poet. She has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s through her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels. Her fourth...

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