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Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824)

Autore di Melmoth the Wanderer

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Opere di Charles Robert Maturin

Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) 1,625 copie
Albigenses: A Romance (1824) 67 copie
Fatal Revenge (1807) 35 copie
Bertram, a tragedy (1992) 9 copie
The wild Irish boy (1977) 4 copie

Opere correlate

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (1997) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni419 copie
Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear (1995) — Collaboratore — 322 copie
Gothic Short Stories (2002) — Collaboratore — 243 copie
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) — Collaboratore — 150 copie
Irish Tales of Terror (1988) — Collaboratore — 125 copie
The Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales (2012) — Collaboratore — 74 copie
The Lock and Key Library (Volume 7: Oldtime English) (1909) — Collaboratore — 41 copie
Twelve Gothic Tales (Oxford Twelves) (1998) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Wild Night Company: Irish Tales of Terror (1970) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Lost Souls Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
A Cabinet of Gems: Short Stories from the English Annuals (1938) — Collaboratore — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Altri nomi
Murphy, Dennis Jasper (pseudonym)
Data di nascita
1782-09-25
Data di morte
1824-10-30
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Ireland
Luogo di nascita
Dublin, Ireland
Luogo di morte
Dublin, Ireland
Luogo di residenza
Dublin, Ireland
Istruzione
Trinity College, Dublin
Attività lavorative
clergyman
playwright
novelist
Relazioni
Wilde, Oscar (great-nephew)
Organizzazioni
Church of Ireland

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Discussioni

Group Read, October 2023: Melmoth the Wanderer in 1001 Books to read before you die (Ottobre 2023)
Melmoth the Wanderer in Gothic Literature (Marzo 2019)

Recensioni

1.5*

I really didn't care for this classic, supposedly a Gothic horror novel, but I don't want to give it just 1* rating because as a classic it must have some merit that I just didn't see.

It started off OK - Gothic horror is not a genre I care much for but I have enjoyed some of them so I was willing to give it a chance. But just as the story seemed to be getting going, the main character John Melmoth helps rescue a Spanish man who had been in a shipwreck. The Spaniard proceeds to tell John his life story. That story within a story contains another story told to the Spaniard about a girl in India. The Indian's Tale goes on to contain not one but two other stories! Finally the Indian's Tale is finished (at about 90% of the way through the book) but the reader never gets to hear the end of the Spaniard's Tale. The ending is abrupt and anticlimatic.

Most of the book struck me as Maturin telling horrible stories about Catholics, especially the priesthood. Having chosen Spain as the setting for most of the book, he makes use of the Spanish Inquisition freely but even the 'friendly' priests are portrayed as worldly, power-hungry, bitter or impotent. Melmoth the Wanderer came across to me as pathetic more than frightening but to be frank, after the first third of the book I wasn't paying close attention any more.
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leslie.98 | 33 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
 
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fromega | 33 altre recensioni | Mar 15, 2023 |
Su protagonista, Melmoth, una especie de Fausto y Mefistófeles, después de haber sellado un pacto con el Diablo, logra que su vida se prolongue indefinidamente, lo cual le convierte en un ser cuyo tormento no tiene fin, y sólo podrá librarse de su condena cuando encuentre a alguien dispuesto a asumir tal destino. Su errancia le conduce a los lugares más siniestros creados por los hombres: cárceles, manicomios, los tribunales de la Inquisición... Melmoth el errabundo se erige como un monumento a una visión infernal del destino humano, en el que sólo existe un acto eternamente repetido: el descenso y hundimiento en el abismo.… (altro)
 
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Natt90 | 33 altre recensioni | Mar 13, 2023 |

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Statistiche

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Opere correlate
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Utenti
1,799
Popolarità
#14,303
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
35
ISBN
106
Lingue
8
Preferito da
8

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