The Wandering Jew: A Novel

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Written in 1845, just 3 years before revolutions swept Europe, The Wandering Jew is a classic French novel that became an international bestseller. Originally serialized in a French newspaper, the novel created an instant controversy with it

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The Wandering Jewhas got, as the form demands, everything: an heiress falsely accused of madnessand incarcerated in a lunatic asylum; a destitute hunchbacked seamstress of thehighest moral character hopelessly in love with a blacksmith . . . bloodthirstypanthers, telepathic twins, debauchery, murder, suicide, duels, supernaturalmanifestations, blazing passions, wild mobs, a plague of cholera, [and] scenesin Java and the Arctic. --Thomas M. Disch
The Wandering Jew has got, as the form demands, everything: an heiress falsely accused of madness and incarcerated in a lunatic asylum; a destitute hunchbacked seamstress of the highest moral character hopelessly in love with a blacksmith . . . bloodthirsty panthers, telepathic twins, debauchery, murder, suicide, duels, supernatural manifestations, blazing passions, wild mobs, a plague of cholera, [and] scenes in Java and the Arctic. --Thomas M. Disch