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Title: |
Wormwood |
| Sub-title: |
A Drama of Paris |
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| By (author): |
Marie Corelli Edited by: Kirsten MacLeod |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551114194 : 9781551114194 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
407 |
| Weight: |
.550 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - April 2004 |
| List Price: |
32.95 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| Though disparaged by literary critics of her day, Marie Corelli was one of the most popular novelists of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Wormwood (1890) is a lurid tale of unrequited love, betrayal, vengeance, murder, suicide, and addiction. The novel recounts the degeneration of Gaston Beauvais, a promising young Parisian man who, betrayed by his fiancée and his best friend, falls prey to the seductive powers of absinthe. The impact of Gastonâ s debauchery and addiction on himself, his family, and his friends is graphically recounted in this important contribution to the literature of fin de siècle decadence. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a generous selection of contextualizing documents, including excerpts from Corelliâ s writings on art and literature, nineteenth-century degeneration theories, and clinical and artistic views on absinthe. |
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