Book guide
Melmoth the Wanderer
A cursed wanderer searches the world for someone to inherit his bargain.
Genre and trope pairingsHorrorCaptiveHorrorOccultHorrorDemonLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryFragmented narrativeLiterarySocial commentary
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About Melmoth the Wanderer
Charles Maturin’s Gothic novel follows Melmoth, a scholar who traded his soul for 150 years of life and now seeks another person willing to take on his pact. Its nested stories unfold a world of temptation, suffering, and supernatural dread.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- child-death
- antisemitism
- Religious persecution
- Torture and threats of torture
- Imprisonment
- Grief
- Animal cruelty and sacrifice
- Anti-Catholic prejudice
- Murder
- Near drowning
- Starvation and threatened familicide
