Melmoth the Wanderer

By Charles Robert Maturin

Release : 2012-07-31

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books

Kind : ebook

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The central character, Melmoth (a Wandering Jew type), is a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life; he spends that time searching for someone who will take over the pact for him. The novel takes place in the present but the backstory is revealed through several nested stories-within-a-story that work backwards through time.

Melmoth the Wanderer

By Charles Robert Maturin

Release : 2012-07-31

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
The central character, Melmoth (a Wandering Jew type), is a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life; he spends that time searching for someone who will take over the pact for him. The novel takes place in the present but the backstory is revealed through several nested stories-within-a-story that work backwards through time.

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