Melmoth review5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() She stands as witness throughout history to moments of great sin and despair, searching for someone who has been brought low enough to become her companion. In Perry’s surprising reinterpretation, Melmoth is a woman who has been cursed to wander the earth for eternity, because she refused to accept Jesus’s resurrection. In Maturin’s tale, Melmoth is a man who has sold his soul to the devil in exchange for an extra 150 years of life, and then spends that time searching for someone foolish enough to take over his bargain. Instead, stylistic and story elements of the classic Gothic work are woven into a new, original story to create a unique hybrid of genres. As the title suggests, Melmoth borrows heavily from Charles Maturin’s 1820 novel Melmoth the Wanderer, but Perry’s version is not a straightforward re-telling. ![]() Melmoth is the newest book by British writer Sarah Perry (author of The Essex Serpent). That’s why it immediately caught my eye when I saw that a novel called Melmoth just came out in October. It’s not often you hear that a classic Gothic novel (other than Frankenstein or Dracula) is getting freshly reimagined by a modern author. Kyla Ward on Flowers in Gothic Literature.Paula Cappa on Review of The Writing Retreat-Channeling Stories and Spirits. ![]()
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