Wagner the werewolf 狼人瓦格纳 9781840225303

EditedandwithanIntroductionbyDickCollinsInthemidstofawoodofevergreensonthebanksoftheArno,aman-young,handsome,andsplendidlyattired-hasthrownhimselfupontheground,wherehewritheslikeastrickenserpent.Heisthepreyofademoniacexcitement:anappallingconsternationisuponhim-madnessisinhisbrain-hismindisonfire.Lightningsappeartogleamfromhiseyes-asifhissoulweredismayed,andwitheringwithinhisbreast.'Oh!no-no!'hecrieswithapiercingshriek,asifwrestlingmadly-furiously-butvainly,againstsomeunseenfiendthatholdshiminhisgrasp.Agedanddeserted,FernandWagneragreestoserveJohnFaustforthelastyearofhislife.Inreturnheisgivenyouth,wealthandbeauty-butattheterriblepriceofbecomingawerewolf.Helovestheglacial,beautiful,sesualNisida,whosefamilyhistoryconcealsadreadfulsecret.TogethertheyfleefromFlorencetoadesertisland:butdoggedbytheInquisition,andbythemightoftheOttomanEmpire,theyarefinallyforcedtofacethehorrorthatlurksinthecloset....Firstpublishedin1847,WagnertheWerewolfisoneoftheveryearliesttreatmentsoftheWerewolfthemeinEnglishliterature,andhaslostnoneofitspowertoshock,itisoneofthegreatestworksofGeorgeW.M.Reynolds,oncethemostpopularauthorinEngland,andtheMasterofthePennyDreadful