The Wandering Jew (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugène Sue
- First Published: 1844
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Melodrama
- Time of Work: 1831-1832
- Setting: France
- Genres: Long fiction, Melodrama, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, France or French people, Suicide, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Wills, Inheritance or succession, Money, Epidemics, Wealth, Priests, Jesuits, Cholera
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Samuel (sah-mew-EHL), the Wandering Jew, who is condemned to wander undying through the centuries after he mocks Christ on the day of the Crucifixion. He invested for a friend a small sum of money, now grown into an enormous fortune, and his friend’s descendants are to claim the money on a certain day in 1832. After the last of these heirs dies, Samuel goes to a lonely spot where stands a cross on a hill. There, he gives thanks that his punishment is over at last.
Herodias (eh-roh-DYAHS), who demanded the head of John the Baptist on a charger. Also...
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