Contents.

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CHAPTER I
Romanticism; Maturin’s family and descent; childhood, college course, marriage; curacy of Loughrea, curacy of St. Peter’s 1
CHAPTER II
Gothic Romance; Montorio; The Wild Irish Boy; The Milesian Chief; Bertram written, sent to Scott and Byron, accepted to Drury Lane; Waterloo 14
CHAPTER III
Bertram; Maturin’s visit to London, personality and habits; Manuel 107
CHAPTER IV
Women; Fredolfo; Sermons; Melmoth the Wanderer 142
CHAPTER V
The Universe; changed mode of living, intercourse with the Morgans; Siege of Salerno and other unpublished productions; Five Sermons; The Albigenses; last illness and death; conclusion 271
Notes 312
Index 323