Fatal Revenge
by Charles Robert Maturin
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Fatal Revenge; Or, the Family of Montorio (1807) is a novel by Charles Maturin. Published under the psueudonym Dennis Jasper Murphy, Fatal Revenge; Or, the Family of Montorio was Maturin's debut novel. Largely ignored by critics and readers, it managed to draw attention from Sir Walter Scott, who supported Maturin's efforts and encouraged him to pursue a career as a writer. Despite its humble beginnings, Fatal Revenge; Or, the Family of Montorio is considered a masterpiece of Gothic romance. show more "Their palaces were haunted by groups of monks, and magicians, and alchymists, and astrologers; and amid the most superstitious state of the country of superstition, the House of Montorio was distinguished by weak and gloomy credulity." At the siege of Barcelona in 1697, two brothers of mysterious origin fight bravely and gain the respect of their fellow officers. When the fighting has ceased, they are counted among the dead. Gathering his subordinates, their commandant, "acquainted with their name... show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Fatal Revenge
- Original publication date
- 1807
- First words
- About the year 1690, the family of Montorio, one of the most distinguished in Italy, occupied their hereditary seat, in the vicinity of Naples.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Of the rest of the family, there is little to be known; the daughters entered into convents, and the sons into foreign service under assumed names; but the unhappy men whose story I have related, were every where distinguished by their silent bravery, their solemn melancholy, their lovely affection for each other, and their reluctance to the society of women."
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 823.08731
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 823.08731 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror and ghost fiction Gothic fiction
- LCC
- PR4987 .M7 .F37 — Language and Literature English English Literature 19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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- 41
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- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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