Melmoth the Wanderer (Annotated)

Melmoth the Wanderer is a culminating achievement of the Gothic tradition, a vast, labyrinthine novel of nested narratives, spiritual terror, and metaphysical temptation. Its cursed protagonist, who has bargained for unnaturally prolonged life, moves through prisons, monasteries, madhouses, and colonial spaces, offering release at the price of another soul. Maturin's prose is extravagant, allusive...