Helen is a fairly pitiable woman and lives an extraordinary life. These documents end up in the hands of Helen Franklin who works as a translator in Prague. The main story is broken up by historical documents that all confirm the existence of a ghostly figure who wanders the Earth. In Sarah Perry’s version, the titular Melmoth is a woman but is inspired by Maturin’s basic structure. The novel is made up of a series of stories-within-stories that gradually the story of Melmoth’s life. He then searches the world for someone who will take over the pact for him. The original book was about a man who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 more years of life. Melmoth is Sarah Perry’s third novel and one that is based on the 1820 gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin. Especially a book that I’ve been looking forward to reading. There’s nothing like a good creepy book on a chilly night. It seemed like a good book for the winter months. I found a copy on my library app and decided it was finally time to listen to it. I possibly even have a copy of it hidden away somewhere. Due to my history with classic gothic fiction, I was interested in this book when it came out. On the plus side, I have read a few books that have been on my TBR for a while. I don’t even know if I’m going to manage to get to 100 in 2022 let alone beat my reading score from last year. Reading just isn’t going as well for me as it was in the first half of the year. I don’t know what’s happened to me in the last few months.
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