Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. It is known for its many sub-plots, the true horror it. Throughout the novel, he wanders around the world in search of someone who would replace him and lift his curse. The novels titular character is a scholar who. Charles Robert Maturin was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels. Charles Robert Maturin (1782 - 1824) One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Its many admirers include Poe, Balzac, Oscar Wilde and Baudelaire.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Melmoth the Wanderer is an 1820 Gothic novel by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles Maturin. (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th century, Maturin's diabolic tale raised the genre to a new and macabre pitch. Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale by the author of &c., 4 vols. 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.

In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The 19th-century horror novel that inspired Sarah Perry's MelmothĬreated by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature.

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin