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Melmoth the Wanderer

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  • 1820 first published
  • 416 pages
  • 105 editions
  • 🎧 28 h 38 min free audiobook
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Published in 1820, Melmoth the Wanderer is a gothic fiction and horror play by Charles Robert Maturin. Readers will find themes of Immortalism, Drama, Immortalisme and russian language materials.

40 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 105 editions across 4 languages.

At about 416 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours. A free LibriVox audiobook (28 h 38 min) is available.

About Melmoth the Wanderer

"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."--
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Free audiobook

Melmoth the Wanderer — LibriVox recording, 28 h 38 min in 55 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Opening line

“John Melmoth, student at Trinity College, Dublin, having journeyed to County Wicklow for attendance at the deathbed of his miserly uncle, finds the old man, even in his last moments, tortured by avarice, and by suspicion of all around him.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Immortalism
  • Immortalism in fiction
  • Horror
  • Occult & supernatural
  • Drama
  • Gothic
  • Immortalisme
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Horror tales
  • Gothic fiction, Literary genre
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Russian language materials

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Melmoth the Wanderer?

Melmoth the Wanderer was written by Charles Robert Maturin and first published in 1820.

What genre is Melmoth the Wanderer?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is Melmoth the Wanderer?

The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is there a free audiobook of Melmoth the Wanderer?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 28 h 38 min.

What books are similar to Melmoth the Wanderer?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Great God Pan, In a Glass Darkly and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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