![]() ![]() Shortly after being ordained as curate of Loughrea, County Galway, in 1803, he moved back to Dublin as curate of St Peter’s Church. ![]() He was born in Dublin and attended Trinity College. Maturin was descended from Huguenots who found refuge in Ireland. His best known work is this novel, Melmoth the Wanderer. Maturin (1780-1824), was a Protestant clergyman and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. Macmillan took over Richard Bentley & Son in 1898 this is a remainder binding. First published in 1820, the alterations of this new edition consist of some minor corrections and the added material - the memoir and bibliography. His novel offers a social commentary on England in the early 19th century, and a heavy critique of Catholicism. A very attractive set of this classic Gothic novel about a man who sells his soul to the Devil, by the novelist and Protestant clergyman Charles Maturin. Original dark green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, yellow coated endpapers, fore edges uncut. ![]()
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