Melmoth the wanderer
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Author
Contributions
- Sage, Victor, 1942- - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Penguin Books, London, England, England
Language
English
Word Count
164,750 words, Guess
Page Count
659 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3962062M
- ISBN-10014044761X
- OCLC Control Number44184874
- Library of Congress Control Number2001265474
- Goodreads207313
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- LibraryThing57881
Classifications
- DDC823/.7
- LCCPR4987.M7 M42 2000
- DDC823.7
and 1 more
- LCCPR4987 M7 M4 1968
Description
"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."--
First Sentence
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.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Fiction.
Series Statement
- Penguin classics
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