An edition of Melmoth the wanderer (1820)

Melmoth el errabundo

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An edition of Melmoth the wanderer (1820)

Melmoth el errabundo

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Publicada en 1820, esta obra lleva a su cima la representación de la concepción gótica de la existencia, subrayando los aspectos más terribles y problemáticos de la vida humana, sin concesiones. Su protagonista, Melmoth, una especie de Fausto y Mefistófeles, después de haber sellado un pacto con el Diablo, logra que su vida se prolongue indefinidamente, lo cual le convierte en un ser cuyo tormento no tiene fin, y sólo podrá librarse de su condena cuando encuentre a alguien dispuesto a asumir tal destino. Su errancia le conduce a los lugares más siniestros creados por los hombres: cárceles, manicomios, los tribunales de la Inquisición... Melmoth el errabundo se erige como un monumento a una visión infernal del destino humano, en el que sólo existe un acto eternamente repetido: el descenso y hundimiento en el abismo.

Publish Date
Publisher
Valdemar
Language
Spanish
Pages
756

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Edition Notes

Published in
Madrid, Spain
Series
Gótica, 21
Other Titles
2nd edition
Translation Of
Melmoth the Wanderer
Translated From
English

Contributors

Prologue
Francisco Torres Oliver
Translator
Francisco Torres Oliver

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
756
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27610820M
ISBN 10
8477027331
ISBN 13
9788477027331
OCLC/WorldCat
1026047680

Excerpts

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.
added anonymously.

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November 2, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Expanded
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November 2, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added new cover
November 2, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Edition in Spanish
November 2, 2019 Created by dcapillae Added new book.