![]() ![]() For the past two hundred years, the accursed Melmoth has been searching desperately for an escape from the infernal bargain he once made. 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?Īs he digs deeper into the mystery, an intricate and blood-chilling story begins to unfold. 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. ![]() This sinister classic by Charles Robert Maturin, an eccentric Anglican priest from Ireland, has captured the imaginations of readers since its publication in 1820 and provided inspiration for many other Gothic masterpieces, including Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey and Sarah Perry's Melmoth. ![]()
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