The Sorrows of Satan, by
Marie Corelli, was the first modern bestseller and was influential
in establishing some of the major trends in twentieth-century
bestselling fiction.
The setting is London, 1895, and the Devil is on the loose. He is
searching for someone morally strong enough to resist temptation, but
there seems little chance he will succeed. Britain is all but totally
corrupt. The aristocracy is financially and spiritually bankrupt; church
leaders no longer believe in God; Victorian idealism has been banished
from literature and life; and sexual morality is being undermined by the
pernicious doctrines of the "New Woman." Everything and everyone is up
for sale, and it takes a special kind of moral courage to resist the
Devil's seductions.
Pages: 404
ISBN: 9781304830470
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