Literary Thoughts edition

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Melmoth the Wanderer
by Charles Robert Maturin

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"Melmoth the Wanderer" is an 1820 Gothic novel written by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824). The novel's title character is a scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life, and searches the world for someone who will take over the pact for him ...

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Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1782 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel Melmoth the Wanderer.