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Melmoth the Wanderer
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Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Maturin
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What if immortality knocked-when hope lay in ashes?

Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer is a sprawling tapestry of nested tales, each revealing another soul cornered by despair and another visit from the spectral tempter. Stitched with devils, monks, madhouses, and forbidden romance, the novel probes humanity's breaking point-and the terrible cost of saying "yes."

What You'll Discover in This Modern Translation:

The Pact of Eternal Wandering - Follow Melmoth across centuries as he offers his curse like a poisoned gift. Five Interlocking Gothic Histories - Spanish inquisitors, Indian sisters, shipwrecked sailors, and more-each bound by terror. Philosophical Depth & Romantic Melancholy - Explore fate, faith, and free will amid storms and catacombs. The Novel That Shaped Gothic Tradition - A direct influence on Dracula, Faust retellings, and dark fantasy today. Reader-Focused Clarity - Archaic syntax refined, footnotes trimmed, pacing tightened for twenty-first-century immersion.

Doom-soaked yet hypnotic, this is the definitive saga of temptation and damnation.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Muze Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
25 June 2025
Pages
170
ISBN
9781806290505

What if immortality knocked-when hope lay in ashes?

Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer is a sprawling tapestry of nested tales, each revealing another soul cornered by despair and another visit from the spectral tempter. Stitched with devils, monks, madhouses, and forbidden romance, the novel probes humanity's breaking point-and the terrible cost of saying "yes."

What You'll Discover in This Modern Translation:

The Pact of Eternal Wandering - Follow Melmoth across centuries as he offers his curse like a poisoned gift. Five Interlocking Gothic Histories - Spanish inquisitors, Indian sisters, shipwrecked sailors, and more-each bound by terror. Philosophical Depth & Romantic Melancholy - Explore fate, faith, and free will amid storms and catacombs. The Novel That Shaped Gothic Tradition - A direct influence on Dracula, Faust retellings, and dark fantasy today. Reader-Focused Clarity - Archaic syntax refined, footnotes trimmed, pacing tightened for twenty-first-century immersion.

Doom-soaked yet hypnotic, this is the definitive saga of temptation and damnation.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Muze Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
25 June 2025
Pages
170
ISBN
9781806290505

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