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Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical, engineering, and paper plants. The parish church, founded in Norman times, has been restored. Radcliffe Ann. 1764--1823, British novelist, noted for her Gothic romances The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1797) Paula (Jane). born 1973, British athlete, winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003), and European Record Holder for the 10000m. |
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Radcliffe," said Catherine, with some hesitation, from the fear of mortifying him. Ann Radcliffe could not have depicted yon mountains in a more appalling aspect. Ann Radcliffe in the last decade of the century, of which 'The Mysteries of Udolpho,' in particular, was popular for two generations. |
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