Maturin, Charles Robert
Maturin, Charles Robert ( 1782 – 1824 ),educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He took orders and for a time kept a school. He was one of the most important writers of the ‘Gothic ’ novel. He published The Fatal Revenge in 1807 ; The Wild Irish Boy in 1808 ; and The Milesian Chief in 1811 . In 1816 his tragedy Bertram was produced by Kean at Drury Lane, on the recommendation of Sir W. Scott and Byron , with great success. His next two tragedies, Manuel ( 1817 ) and Fredolfo ( 1819 ), were failures. He then returned to novels, publishing Women, or Pour et Contre ( 1818 ) and his most memorable work Melmoth the Wanderer ( 1820 ). His last novel, The Albigenses, appeared in 1824 .
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