Wormwood

Wormwood is a novel written by Marie Corelli, published in 1890. The book is a Gothic romance that tells the story of a young woman named Charmian who falls in love with a mysterious man named Geoffrey Tempest. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Geoffrey is haunted by the ghost of his former mistress, a woman named Wormwood. As Charmian tries to uncover the truth about Wormwood's death, she becomes embroiled in a dark and dangerous world of secrets and betrayal. Along the way, she encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a sinister doctor, a beautiful but troubled actress, and a group of spiritualists who claim to communicate with the dead. The novel explores themes of love, obsession, and the supernatural, and is known for its lush prose and vivid descriptions of the English countryside. Despite its popularity in its time, Wormwood has since fallen into obscurity, but remains a fascinating example of Victorian Gothic literature.1890. Another work by Corelli, this novel is a drama of Paris. The unhappy hero of this drama is presented to the English reader not as an example of what is exceptionally tragic and uncommon, but simply as a very ordinary type of a large and ever-increasing class.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.