▁echo ing ▁and ▁pre - dating ▁them es ▁from ▁other ▁contemporary ▁Goth ic ▁writers . ▁It ▁was ▁so ▁popular ▁that ▁a ▁spin - off ▁no ve lette ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁Rose ▁Douglas ; ▁or , ▁The ▁Court ▁of ▁Elizabeth ▁ ▁William ▁Haz l itt ▁might ▁consider ▁it ▁" d ism al " ▁by ▁comparison ▁with ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Ann ▁Rad cl iffe , ▁but ▁its ▁influence ▁both ▁on ▁the ▁Goth ic ▁school ▁of ▁the ▁Min erva ▁Press , ▁and ▁on ▁figures ▁like ▁Walter ▁Scott ▁is ▁non eth eless ▁clear . ▁From ▁this ▁work , ▁Italian ▁writer ▁Carlo ▁Feder ici ▁wrote ▁the ▁play ▁Il ▁p aggio ▁di ▁Le ic ester ▁( Le ic ester ' s ▁Page ) ▁and , ▁in ▁turn , ▁that ▁became ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁Elis ab etta , ▁reg ina ▁d ' In gh il terra , ▁( El iz abeth , ▁Queen ▁of ▁England ) ▁the ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁opera ▁by ▁G io ach ino ▁Ross ini , ▁the ▁libre tto ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Giovanni ▁Schmidt . ▁ ▁With ▁her ▁sister ▁Har ri et ▁Lee , ▁Soph ia ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Can ter bury ▁T ales ▁( 1 7 9 7 ). ▁Other ▁works ▁included ▁The ▁Life ▁of ▁a ▁L over ▁( 1 8 0 4 ) ▁and ▁Or mond ; ▁or ▁the ▁Deb au che e ▁( 1 8 1 0 ). ▁She ▁died ▁at ▁her ▁house ▁near ▁Cl if ton , ▁Br istol ▁on ▁ 1