The Radcliffe can be heavy going, as is the second half of the Lennox. Though the first half is kind of fun. Romance of the Forest is especially turgid in pacing and description, imo; Udolfo at least is (unintentionally) funny, it's so purple. If you want to understand what young teen Jane Austen was making fun of in a lot of her juvenilia, with drunken villains all over and heroines fainting constantly, give it a read.
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The Radcliffe can be heavy going, as is the second half of the Lennox. Though the first half is kind of fun. Romance of the Forest is especially turgid in pacing and description, imo; Udolfo at least is (unintentionally) funny, it's so purple. If you want to understand what young teen Jane Austen was making fun of in a lot of her juvenilia, with drunken villains all over and heroines fainting constantly, give it a read.