Charles Robert Maturin

Nueva edición que incluye prólogo de Francisco Torres Oliver.En plena decadencia de la “novela gótica”,cuando ya parecía que sus recursos estaban totalmenteexplotados, apareció como un “canto de cisn

Nueva edición en CARTONÉ. En plena decadencia de la “novela gótica”,cuando ya parecía que sus recursos estaban totalmenteexplotados, apareció como un “canto de cisne”la obra cumbre del género, «Mel

When a young Dublin student goes to pay his last respects to his dying uncle, he never imagines that he might chance upon a terrifying family secret. Who is the sinister old man in the portrait and why is his uncle so anxious for him to burn it? Why is the Spanish man who saves him from drowning so frightened when he hears the name Melmoth? As he digs deeper into the mystery, an intricate and blood-chilling story begins to unfold. For the past two hundred years, the accursed Melmoth has been searching desperately for an escape from the infernal bargain he once made. Melmoth has traversed the globe leaving destruction and misery in his wake, from Inquisition-era Spain to a remote island in the Indian Ocean - and there have been recent sightings of him in County Wicklow, where our narrator is still piecing the story together. This Victorian classic has captured the imaginations of readers since 1820 and inspired numerous other gothic masterpieces, including Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Sarah Perry's novel Melmoth.

Un relato oscuro, una maraña de historias lo vuelven intrincado. Maturin va contando a un tiempo, separadamente, las zozobras de Ippolito y de Annibal, los hermanos Montorio, con los que viajamos a pie y a acaballo por buena parte de la región de Nápoles.

En plena decadencia de la «novela gótica», cuando ya parecía que sus recursos estaban totalmente explotados, apareció como un «canto de cisne» la obra cumbre del género, Melmoth el errabundo, escrita

En plena decadencia de la «novela gótica», cuando ya parecía que sus recursos estaban totalmente explotados, apareció como un canto de cisne la obra cumbre del género, Melmoth el errabundo, escrita p

'My hour is come … the clock of eternity is about to strike, but its knell must be unheard by mortal ears!' 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. Violent, allusive, profound and blackly humorous, Melmoth the Wanderer was greatly admired by writers such as Balzac, Poe, Dostoyevsky and Oscar Wilde for its baroque imagery and hallucinatory power. In his introduction, Victor Sage discusses the novel as one of the last examples of the Gothic genre, its narrative methods and Maturin's religious background. This edition also includes suggestions for further reading and notes.

In the shadowy depths of 19th-century Ireland, a sinister figure emerges from the mists of time. Melmoth, the Wanderer, a man cursed with immortality and an insatiable thirst for souls, roams the land, tempting the desperate and the wicked alike.As he weaves his web of deceit and despair, Melmoth encounters a cast of unforgettable characters, each grappling with their own demons. From the pious monk to the ambitious scholar, from the innocent maiden to the hardened criminal, their lives intertwine with Melmoths, leading them down a path of darkness and redemption.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin'My hour is come ... the clock of eternity is about to strike, but its knell must be unheard by mortal ears!'This violent, profound, baroque and blackly humorous novel is the story of Melmoth, who has sold his soul in exchange for immortality in a satanic bargain, 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 centuries of tortured wanderings. Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) blended Gothic fiction and psychological realism to create a work of hallucinatory power.The Penguin English Library - beautiful editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the Second World War.

Tras la muerte de sus padres, el joven John se traslada a casa de su tío moribundo con la esperanza de asegurar su herencia. Al llegar, descubre un inquietante retrato de su antepasado, John Melmoth, fechado en 1646, cuya mirada parece atravesar los limites del tiempo. Ese hallazgo marcara el inicio de una cadena de sucesos extraños que lo conectan con un oscuro y siniestro legado familiar.A medida que avanza la historia, la curiosidad de John lo lleva a descubrir las vidas de varios personajes desdichados cuyas historias se entrelazan en un complejo laberinto narrativo. A traves de sus relatos, recorreremos las sombrias celdas de la Santa Inquisicion, el bullicioso Madrid del siglo XVII, manicomios lugubres o islas remotas en la India. Cada uno de ellos revelara fragmentos de su encuentro con Melmoth, un ser misterioso que aparece cuando todo esta perdido para ofrecer una salida. Pero siempre hay un precio que pagar.Melmoth el errabundo fue elogiada por figuras como Poe, Balzac, Oscar Wilde o Baudelaire, y esta considerada una obra cumbre de la literatura gotica. Balzac, fascinado, escribio una secuela titulada Melmoth reconciliado, y Wilde adopto el nombre de Sebastian Melmoth tras salir de prision. La novela de Charles Maturin entrelaza con maestria el horror sobrenatural con una profunda reflexion sobre la culpa, la desesperacion y las tensiones politicas y religiosas de su epoca, con especial atencion al mundo inquisitorial español que tanto fascinaba al clerigo irlandes.

Charles Robert Maturin (Dublín 1782-1824) fue pastor protestante, dramaturgo y novelista. Autor de«Melmoth el errabundo» (Gótica nº 21), la obra cumbrede la novela gótica según opinión unánime de la