a thousand splendid suns
A01=Charles Maturin
alan moore
alan watts
and the mountains echoed
Author_Charles Maturin
barnes and noble leatherbound
Category=FBC
clive barker
dan jones
dan simmons
dr jekyll and mr hyde
edgar allan poe
eq_bestseller
eq_classics
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
fiction
godel escher bach
great expectations
gulag archipelago
high rise
his dark materials
house of leaves
john steinbeck
kate mosse
khaled hosseini
moby dick
paradise lost
penny dreadful
robert galbraith
robinson crusoe
sherlock holmes
shirley jackson
stoner john williams
the man in the high castle
the picture of dorian gray
the secret garden
tom jones
Product details
- ISBN 9780140447613
- Weight: 483g
- Dimensions: 129 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 25 May 2000
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil. Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th century, Maturin's diabolic tale raised the genre to a new and macabre pitch. Its many admirers include Poe, Balzac, Oscar Wilde and Baudelaire.
Charles Robert Maturin (1782-1824) was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College. He took orders and worked as a curate in Loughrea and Dublin. Maturin enjoyed literary success with his Gothic novels and a tragedy 'Bertram' (1816). His later plays and fiction, including MELMOTH THE WANDERER, were neglected and he died in poverty. Victor Sage is Reader in Literature in the School of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia.
