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Written as an early Gothic romance, Zofloya follows Victoria Loredani from her family’s collapse into obsessive desire and violence, for readers drawn to tales of scandal and transgression. Set in Venice, the story moves through aristocratic households and convent life. When the Moorish servant Zofloya becomes Victoria’s ally, her schemes take on a supernatural cast. Dacre’s forceful heroine and the novel’s racialized portrayal of the Moor give readers studying early Gothic fiction much to consider.