Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824)
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Værker af Charles Robert Maturin
Bibliotheca Dracula. 9 Romane in 3 Bänden: Frankenstein - Dracula - Im Haus des Grafen Dracula - Melmoth - Der… (1978) 5 eksemplarer
The Albigenses, A Romance: Volume IV 4 eksemplarer
Leixlip Castle, Melmoth the Wanderer, the Mysterious Mansion, the Flayed Hand, the Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin… (2010) 3 eksemplarer
Melmoth the Wanderer, v.4 2 eksemplarer
Melmoth The Wanderer V2: With A Memoir And Bibliography Of Maturin's Works (1892) (2008) 2 eksemplarer
Melmoth the Wanderer, v.3 2 eksemplarer
The Milesian chief a romance 1 eksemplar
Sermons 1 eksemplar
Melmoth the Wanderer, v.2 1 eksemplar
Melmoth the Wanderer, v.1 1 eksemplar
Fredolfo 1 eksemplar
The Tale of Guzman's Family 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Bidragyder — 81 eksemplarer
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Irish (1907) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
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- Andre navne
- Murphy, Dennis Jasper (pseudonym)
- Fødselsdato
- 1782-09-25
- Dødsdag
- 1824-10-30
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
- Fødested
- Dublin, Ireland
- Dødssted
- Dublin, Ireland
- Bopæl
- Dublin, Ireland
- Uddannelse
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Erhverv
- clergyman
playwright
novelist - Relationer
- Wilde, Oscar (great-nephew)
- Organisationer
- Church of Ireland
Medlemmer
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- Værker
- 30
- Also by
- 13
- Medlemmer
- 1,805
- Popularitet
- #14,260
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 35
- ISBN
- 106
- Sprog
- 8
- Udvalgt
- 8
I really didn't care for this classic, supposedly a Gothic horror novel, but I don't want to give it just 1* rating because as a classic it must have some merit that I just didn't see.
It started off OK - Gothic horror is not a genre I care much for but I have enjoyed some of them so I was willing to give it a chance. But just as the story seemed to be getting going, the main character John Melmoth helps rescue a Spanish man who had been in a shipwreck. The Spaniard proceeds to tell John his life story. That story within a story contains another story told to the Spaniard about a girl in India. The Indian's Tale goes on to contain not one but two other stories! Finally the Indian's Tale is finished (at about 90% of the way through the book) but the reader never gets to hear the end of the Spaniard's Tale. The ending is abrupt and anticlimatic.
Most of the book struck me as Maturin telling horrible stories about Catholics, especially the priesthood. Having chosen Spain as the setting for most of the book, he makes use of the Spanish Inquisition freely but even the 'friendly' priests are portrayed as worldly, power-hungry, bitter or impotent. Melmoth the Wanderer came across to me as pathetic more than frightening but to be frank, after the first third of the book I wasn't paying close attention any more.… (mere)