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Melmoth the Wanderer (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Charles Maturin (Author), Chris Baldick (Contributor), Douglas Grant (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (10 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192835920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192835925
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 384,097 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Written by an eccentric Anglican curate, Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) brought the terrors of the Gothic novel to a new fever pitch of intensity. Its tormented villain seeks a victim to release from his fatal pact with the devil, and Maturin's bizarre narrative structure whirls the reader from rural Ireland to an idyllic Indian island, from a London madhouse to the dungeons of the Spanish inquisition.


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Douglas Grant, now deceased, was a Professor at Leeds University. Chris Baldick, Ormskirk author of 'In Frankenstein's Shadow', is Senior Lecturer in English, Edge Hill College of Higher Education
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An unknown classic. Highly recommended., 22 Oct 2000
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Can't decide whether I prefer this, or "The Monk" by M. Lewis. The Monk is an easier read and is faster paced, but Melmoth really has an evil, demonic quality which is far darker than anything that the Monk has to offer. Parts of it really are bizarre. One of the most oddball books that I have ever read. The narrative hops around through several different times and locations which can be a little confusing, but overall, SO much more interesting and infinately better written than most of today's drivel. Highly recommended !
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A dark masterpiece., 13 Jul 2004
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Oh, to have listened to one of the author's sermons! This book is clever beyond the reach of any of its contemporaries (and certainly beyond anything in the modern horror genre) taking one from misery to misery, to the very depths of human despair, but all the time reminding that there is another level; when things are at their blackest, there are still lengths to which one would not go.

Beautifully written, immesely evocative, each of the stories within is worthy of publication alone, the sum is a masterpiece.

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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A faustian tale with a rich variety of sub plots., 16 Feb 2000
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The sable fastness of the ocean's bosom is not blacker than Melmoth's heart! Yet I doubt not it will afford readers the keenest pleasure to discover those crimes of his nature and conscience alike enjoin us to condemn. Doomed by Satanic pact to wander the earth , Melmoth stives to tempt others to share his fate, scouring the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition, amonst other places, for his victims, seeking those in the direst extremity of suffering- those for whom his bargain will seem an unexpected mercy. I can most heartily recommend this book, as being no less instructive than it is entertaining, and fashioned in such a manner as to appeal to all lovers of the strange.
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