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"In a satanic bargain, Melmoth has sold his soul in exchange for immortality 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 tortured wanderings. His story is pieced together by those who have glimpsed his eerie existence over the centuries--from a prisoner in the clutches of the Spanish Inquisition to a man incarcerated in a London lunatic asylum."--
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- Author
- Charles Robert Maturin
- First published
- 1820
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- New English Library, Nauka, Kessinger Publishing
- Editions
- 105
- Language
- Russian, English, Spanish, German
- ISBN
- 9781375056656
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“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.”
Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel *Melmoth the Wanderer*. **Source**: [Charles Maturin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maturin) on Wikipedia.
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