


Following a faint light, Pierre makes his way through the darkness to an ancient home, where a stranger grants him entry. Although their escape proves successful, they decide to stop in order to find a place to rest until dawn. Unable to pay their creditors, they've decided to flee by carriage with their servants Peter and Annette, who help them as they frantically pack whatever they can before morning arrives. As night descends on the city of Paris, Pierre and Constance de la Motte leave their home for what may be the last time. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, The Romance of the Forest made her name as a leading novelist of suspense and the supernatural. Her third novel was immensely popular upon publication, going though several editions in the span of three years. The Romance of the Forest (1791) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. About the Book "The Romance of the forest was first published in 1791."-Title page verso.
