A Novel Perry, Sarah 1979- creator author. text biography Gothic fiction nyu 2018 2018 First U.S. edition monographic eng

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271 pages : 21 cm It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy. But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears. . ."-- Provided by publisher. general Sarah Perry Translators Fiction Legends Fiction Superstition Fiction 823.92 9780062856425 PPAK 191119 20191119151740.0 eng