Ann Radcliff‘s The Mysteries of Udolpho is about the adventures of Emily St. Aubert, the only child of a rural landowner family (= famiglia di possidenti di campagna) in decline. After her mother’s death Emily and her beloved father engage (= iniziano) a long journey from their native Gascony, through the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast of Roussillon, where they can admire the natural landscapes (= paesaggi) they both appreciate so much. During the journey, they meet a handsome man, Valancourt that shares (= condivide) their love for nature. Emily and Valancourt soon fall in love with each other. Unfortunately Emily’s father dies and Emily, now alone, must go to live with her aunt (= zia), Madame Cheron, who does not feel affection to her (= che non sente affetto per lei). Her aunt marries Montoni, an ambiguous Italian nobleman who would like Emily to get engaged (= si fidanzasse) to his friend Count Morano. But when he finds out that Morano is practically ruined he brings Emily and his wife to his remote (= lontano) castle of Udolpho