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What if the fortune that opens every door also puts your soul at risk?
Geoffrey Tempest is almost penniless when a vast inheritance changes his life. In Victorian London, the young writer finds a guide in Prince Lucio Rimânez, a handsome stranger with perfect manners and an unexplained sadness. Behind the prince's polished charm stands the Devil himself.
With Lucio beside him, Tempest enters a world of grand houses, fashionable parties, and titled company. His pursuit of status draws him toward Lady Sibyl Elton, while the honest novelist Mavis Clare stands apart. Marie Corelli turns this Faustian tale into a fierce attack on greed, flattery, and talent sold for profit.
What you’ll discover
- A fortune with stakes Follow a struggling writer as sudden wealth tests the kind of man he wants to become.
- The prince behind temptation Meet a charming, bitter Satan whose sadness makes him more than a figure of simple horror.
- Society beneath the glitter Enter fashionable rooms where money buys welcome and ambition draws Tempest toward a glittering marriage.
- A writer beyond price Discover Mavis Clare, whose honest work and simple life stand against the corruption around her.
- The price of a soul Feel the force of a dramatic moral fable about wealth, temptation, and the choices that matter.
Who will love it
For readers who love Faust stories, Victorian melodrama, and sharp social satire, and anyone curious about the literary battles of the 1890s.
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- A starving writer is handed a fortune
- A prince with strange eyes offers friendship
- Money buys a place in fashionable society
- Mavis Clare stands apart from the crowd
- A glittering marriage built on a bargain
- What the story means and how it speaks
Who’s who
- Geoffrey TempestA penniless young writer who inherits a vast fortune and must decide what kind of man he will be.
- Prince Lucio RimânezA charming, sad, and powerful stranger who befriends Tempest and guides him through society, hiding his true nature.
- Lady Sibyl EltonA beautiful aristocrat admired by all of society, who is drawn to Tempest's wealth and his place in the world.
- Mavis ClareA popular woman novelist who lives simply, works honestly, and cannot be bought, though critics despise her.
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I dolori di Satana
by Marie Corelli · 1895
A poor writer inherits a fortune, and a prince who is really the Devil guides him toward choices that decide a soul.
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The Sorrows of Satan is a novel by Marie Corelli, published in 1895. It was one of the most widely sold books of its day.
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A starving writer is handed a fortune
The story is told by Geoffrey Tempest, a young man of good education who wants to be an author. When we meet him, he is almost penniless. He lives in a cold London lodging, owes money, and cannot sell his work. He has just enough pride left to feel every humiliation.
Tempest sees how hard it is to live by writing when publishers and critics hold all the power. Corelli uses this opening to build sympathy. We feel the sting of poverty, and we understand why the offer that comes next is so hard to refuse.
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What is The Sorrows of Satan about?
It tells of Geoffrey Tempest, a poor writer who inherits a fortune and is befriended by Prince Lucio Rimânez. Lucio is really the Devil, and the novel follows the temptations of wealth, fame, and a society built on greed.
Who is Prince Lucio Rimânez?
Lucio is the novel's version of Satan, who appears as a rich, cultured prince. He guides Tempest through society while testing his character. He is also a sad figure who longs for an end to his exile.
Who is Mavis Clare in The Sorrows of Satan?
Mavis Clare is a successful woman novelist who lives modestly and writes honestly. Critics attack her, but readers love her. Many see her as a self-portrait of Corelli and as the moral center of the book.
The author
Marie Corelli
1855–1924 · British novelist
Marie Corelli was an English novelist and one of the best-selling authors of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, at her height outselling most of her famous contemporaries. The Sorrows of Satan, her 1895 tale of a devil's bargain in literary London, is often called one of the world's first modern bestsellers.
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