The Sorrows of Satan was published in 1895 and became one of the most brilliant British bestsellers, selling more than 25,000 copies in the first week alone.
Humiliating, oppressive poverty drives the talented writer Geoffrey Tempest crazy. He received a "tender upbringing" and a university education, considered himself a gentleman, and literature his calling, but in the middle of a harsh winter, starving and shivering from the cold, he could no longer concentrate on his work. In an hour of despair, the noble prince Lucio Rimanetz appears on the threshold of his little room with the amazing news of an unexpected inheritance. Five million pounds sterling and a new friend of noble blood radically change the life of the young writer - high society, critical acclaim, marriage to the most enviable bride in England ... But in the midst of fame and pleasure, the weight of vague premonitions grows day by day. Who is this magnificent Mr. Rimanetz, who goes through life so easily, and what will the choice of momentary, deceptive happiness turn out to be for Geoffrey Tempest?
Author: Maria Corelli
Year of issue: 2025
Publisher: Metamorphoses
Pages: 608
Cover type: hardcover
Dimensions: 210X130X35 mm
ISBN: 978-5-370-05728-1