Charles Robert Maturin 3 hr 4 min read

Having sold his soul for unnatural long life, Melmoth roams the earth seeking one desperate enough to take the bargain off his hands, his tale unfolding in nested stories of anguish.

This is Volume 3 of Charles Maturin's 1820 'Melmoth the Wanderer,' the towering masterpiece of Gothic fiction. Dark, brilliant, hugely influential. Read it for one of the greatest Gothic novels ever written, a labyrinth of terror, temptation, and the damned wanderer at its heart.

In its time

Published in 1820, during the 1820s, tales of mesmerism, ghosts, and the fantastic voyage flourish in the romantic imagination.

Reading it

3 hr 4 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).