![]() In Melmouth, you will find a little Faust, a little Swift, and a touch of Arabian Nights. Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin 2.3 (12) Paperback 15.99 Hardcover 29.99 Paperback 15.99 eBook 9.49 Audiobook 18.00 Large Print 25. ![]() After Maturin’s death on Octoat only 42, “A writer in the University Magazine was later to sum up his character as “eccentric almost to insanity and compounded of opposites - an insatiable reader of novels an elegant preacher an incessant dancer a coxcomb in dress and manners.”” (Wikipedia). In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. Melmoth the Wanderer was published in 1820. Melmoth the Wanderer (Mint Editions Charles Maturin 3.71 4,852 ratings382 reviews Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. John Melmoth, student at Trinity College, Dublin, having journeyed to County Wicklow for attendance at the deathbed of his miserly uncle, finds the old man, even in his last moments, tortured by avarice, and by suspicion of all around him. His work was critical of the Church, which blocked any further advancement of Maturin within the clergy. His first Gothic novels were not critically or commercially successful but did catch the attention of Sir Walter Scott, who along with Lord Byron got Maturin’s play Bertram staged in Drury Lane. Maturin was born in Dublin on September 25, 1782. In fact, I’m sharing two links to the novel. ![]() Happy Irish Fiction Friday! Today we feature another author from the Swan River Press “Irish Writers of the Fantastic” Poster: Charles Robert Maturin and his novel Melmoth the Wanderer. ![]()
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