Melmoth the Wanderer
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849025126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 580 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Maturin's work is best known for its element of horror and mystery. Irish novelist and dramatist, Maturin is considered 'the last of the Goths'
About the Author Irish novelist and dramatist, Maturin is considered 'the last of the Goths'. . Maturin's work is best known for its element of horror and mystery
Defend or damn Melmoth for yourself Dindrane Maturin's novel relates the story of Melmoth, a scholar who traded his soul to Infernal powers in return for answers to all of his questions about the Universe. He has 100 extra years to live; in that time, if he can find someone to volunteer to take his place in Hell, he is free. Otherwise, at the end of the 100 years, Melmoth will be damned.Melmot. travelswithadiplomat said True evil. It has taken this reviewer considerable time since setting aside this unfinished book to write a review. The reason is that I found this the perfect literary depiction of evil. Evil in an abstruse manner.It is the first, and only, book in some four decades or more of reading that I have set aside, unfinished, deeply disturbed; feeling I had a glimps. The Wandering Narratives Daniel Myers Simply put, this book is a tedious, crashing bore. It might do as an example of how NOT to write a book, but there is really no redeeming value otherwise. The greatest problem with the work is the "nested" narratives, as one reviewer refers to them, that comprise the book. First, a shipwrecked ex-monk begins to tell Melmoth's descendent his (long, t
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. This is a new, unabridged edition (not a scan) of the original four-volume novel of 1820 from Benediction Classics.. Melmoth the Wanderer is a dark Faustian tale in the gothic style. It is full of extravagant prose, convoluted plotting and archaic language - totally different to a modern novel, but highly rewarding to the dedicated reader. This work was a huge hit in the nineteenth century and highly innovative for its time, as it tells its story as a series of flashbacks and embedded tales, with different narrators and viewpoints. Melmoth travels to the depths of human misery and despair in the attempt to find someone desperate enough to make such a devilish bargain