Melmoth
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Melmoth
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Narrated by:
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Emilia Fox
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By:
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Sarah Perry
About this listen
Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change.
A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.
Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done or be led into the darkness. Helen can't stop reading or shake the feeling that someone is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.
Exquisitely written, and gripping until the very last minute, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption and how to make the best of our conflicted world.
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Summary
Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change.A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.
Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done or be led into the darkness. Helen can't stop reading or shake the feeling that someone is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.
Exquisitely written, and gripping until the very last minute, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption and how to make the best of our conflicted world.
Emilia Fox is an excellent narrator.
Wonderfully gothic
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Stunning
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I can't remember when I was last grabbed so by a story
Wow
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I like her style of writing and the story was quite good but I found myself losing interest mid way through. It echoes with the Charles Maturin Methmoth in that you are taken from one persons story to another - each character being ‘visited’ by Melmoth yet in this story Melmoth is a woman. I had figured out things before they were revealed but I think we may have been supposed to figure them out. I think ultimately I didn’t really like many characters except for Arnold and maybe Rosa.... it was worth listening to though and I’d recommend it just not a five star recommendation.
An interesting listen
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Great read
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