The Inheritance has obvious ties to the sentimental tradition traceable to Jane Austen in England. An outstanding example of Austen's work is Pride and Prejudice (1813), which embodies the manners and sisterly relationships Alcott endeavored to portray in her work. The Gothic tradition is evident in Alcott's elements of intrigue, such as Lady Ida's machinations, the secret legacy, the mysterious old man, Edith's exotic Italian birth and the home that is an "old, decaying castle." Devices like these have ties to Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764), and Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1796).
Alcott read widely, and she especially liked Charlotte Bronte and.....
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