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This chilling tale of Melmoth the Wanderer, a figure reminiscent of Faust and Mephistopheles, immortally wanders the earth, perpetually tortured. His journey culminates in a bleak vision of humanity's eternal descent into hell, a cycle of descending and sinking into the abyss.
First publish date: 1820
Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror
Authors: Charles Robert Maturin
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