One character in this novel recounts a story about a parricidal monk who locks two lovers in a dungeon and starves them to death.
One character in this novel recounts a story about a parricidal monk who locks two lovers in a dungeon and starves them to death. All that is left of the title character at this novel's end is a scarf caught in some bushes. One character in this work, Everhard, becomes more and more emaciated as sells his blood to feed the Walberg family. The protagonist first sees the title character on a cliff after a shipwreck when he neglects to burn his uncle's letters, and that title character later curses Stanton to live in a madhouse while sane. One story recounted in this novel tells how Don Francisco di Aliaga lost his daughter in a shipwreck, and so Immalee grows up on a desert island. The protagonist meets a Spaniard who escaped the Inquisition when his prison burned down, named Alonzo Moncada, who has also been tempted to sell his soul by the title character. For 10 points, name this Gothic novel about John's Satanic peregrinating ancestor, written by Charles Maturin.
One character in this novel recounts a story about a parricidal monk who locks two lovers in a dungeon and starves them to death.
{Melmoth the Wanderer}