Charlotte Dacre: The Passions. A Novel in Four Parts (1811), Hardback/***

Charlotte Dacre's The Passions is a thrilling gothic novel of thwarted love turned to hate, and the destructive power of uncontrolled emotion. It offers a powerful portrait of female treachery, engaging with nineteenth-century religious controversies, and championing Enlightenment rationality over the emotionality of Romanticism. Publisher: University of Wales Press Illustration(s): No Number of pages: 480 Collection: Gothic Originals Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 161 x 241 x 30 Cover type: Hardback Editor(s): Jennifer L. Airey