CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN

‘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 wande...

". . . a pulse of power undiscoverable in any previous work of this kind -- a kinship to the essential truth of human nature, an understanding of the profoundest sources of actual cosmic fear . . . Without a doubt Maturin is a man of authentic genius, and he was so recognized by Balzac . . ." -- H.P. Lovecraft

Title: Manuel: a tragedy, in five acts [and in verse]. By the author of Bertram [C. R. Maturin]. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books,...