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The 19th-century horror novel that inspired Sarah Perry's Melmoth

Written by an eccentric Anglican curate in Dublin, Melmoth Wanderer brought the terrors of the Gothic novel to a new pitch of claustrophobic intensity. Its tormented villain, a Faustian transgressor desperately seeking a victim to release him from his fatal bargain with the devil,... Read Full Overview

In the autumn of 1816, John Melmoth, a student in Trinity College, Dublin, quitted it to attend a dying uncle on whom his hopes for independence chiefly rested. John was the orphan son of a younger brother, whose small property scarce could pay John's college expences; but the... Read Full Overview

Written by an eccentric Anglican curate, Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) brought the terrors of the Gothic novel to a new fever pitch of intensity. Its tormented villain seeks a victim to release from his fatal pact with the devil, and Maturin's bizarre narrative structure whirls... Read Full Overview

Melmoth the Wanderer is a violent story about a man who sold his soul to the devil in exchange of a longer life, but he regretted about his deal and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin Melmoth the Wanderer is an 1820 Gothic novel by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles... Read Full Overview

Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) is a novel by Charles Maturin. Written toward the end of Maturin's life, Melmoth the Wanderer was the author's fifth and most successful novel. Inspired by the story of the Wandering Jew and the Faustian legend, the novel is a powerful... Read Full Overview

Melmoth the Wanderer is a gothic novel written by Charles Robert Maturin. The story follows the character of Melmoth, a mysterious and cursed wanderer who has roamed the earth for centuries, seeking redemption for his past sins. Melmoth is a figure of terror, as he is said to... Read Full Overview

Revered as a true gothic masterpiece, "Melmoth the Wanderer" is the last complete work by the Irish author and playwright, Charles Maturin. Since its publication in 1820 it has been admired by such authors as Sir Walter Scott, Honor? de Balzac, Edgar Allan Poe, and Maturin's... Read Full Overview

Written in 1820 by an eccentric Anglican curate in Dublin, this work brought the terrors of the Gothic novel to a new pitch of claustrophobic intensity. Its tormented villain, a Faustian transgressor desperately seeking a victim to release him from his fatal bargain with the... Read Full Overview

When a young Dublin student goes to pay his last respects to his dying uncle, he never imagines that he might chance upon a terrifying family secret. Who is the sinister old man in the portrait and why is his uncle so anxious for him to burn it? Why is the Spanish man who saves... Read Full Overview

Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) is a novel by Charles Maturin. Written toward the end of Maturin's life, Melmoth the Wanderer was the author's fifth and most successful novel. Inspired by the story of the Wandering Jew and the Faustian legend, the novel is a powerful... Read Full Overview

Melmoth The Wanderer is a gothic novel written by Irish author Charles Robert Maturin. The story revolves around a mysterious figure named Melmoth who is cursed to wander the earth for eternity in search of someone to take his place and relieve him of his torment. The novel is... Read Full Overview

Coming in as one of the last true examples of Gothic literature, Melmoth the Wanderer is the haunting story of a man who makes a deal with the devil and must deal with the consequences of his actions.

Questo libro un classico della letteratura gotica inglese, scritto da Charles Robert Maturin. Il romanzo racconta la storia di Melmoth, un uomo che fa un patto con il diavolo in cambio della sua immortalit . La prospettiva cupa e l'atmosfera carica di tensione rendono questo... Read Full Overview

Melmoth the Wanderer is a dark Faustian tale in the gothic style. It is the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil for an extra 150 years of life, a pact he can get out of only if he persuades another soul to take his place. Melmoth travels to the depths of human misery... Read Full Overview

Balzac likens the hero of one of his short stories to "Moliere's Don Juan, Goethe's Faust, Byron's Manfred, Maturin's Melmoth-great allegorical figures drawn by the greatest men of genius in Europe." "But what is 'Melmoth'? Why is HE classed as 'a great allegorical figure'?"... Read Full Overview