Melmoth the Wanderer 1820
- 704 stránok
- 25 hodin čítania
The original tale of gothic horror, now with an introduction by Sarah Perry
Charles R. Maturin Knihy
Charles Maturin, írsky protestantský duchovný a spisovateľ, sa preslávil svojimi gotickými románmi a drámami. Jeho skoré diela neboli úspešné, ale vďaka podpore Waltera Scotta a Lorda Byrona sa jeho hra Bertram dočkala uznania. Napriek počiatočnému literárnemu úspechu ho však prenasledovali finančné problémy a kritika. Maturinovo písanie sa vyznačuje temnou atmosférou a hlbokým skúmaním ľudskej psychiky, čo neskôr ocenili aj Honoré de Balzac a Charles Baudelaire.
This violent, profound, baroque and blackly humorous novel is the story of Melmoth, who has sold his soul in exchange for immortality in a satanic bargain, and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release him from his centuries of tortured wanderings. Melmoth the Wanderer(1820) blended Gothic fiction and psychological realism to create a work of hallucinatory power.
