Sorrow Satan. Corelli M.

The action of the novel takes place in London in 1895. Satan walks among people in search of another toy, with which he can have fun to show God that he can corrupt anyone. He wants to find someone worthy who can resist temptations, but around the lawsuits, corruption, corruption reigns around.

Jeffrey Tempest, a young impoverish writer, barely makes ends meet, unsuccessfully tries to sell his novel. Once again, when he reflects on his desperate position, he notices three letters on the table. The first is from a friend from Australia, who got rich in gold mining, he reports that he sends a friend to Jeffrey, who will help him get out of poverty. The second is a note from the attorney, which describes in detail that he inherited the condition from the deceased relative. The third is a letter of recommendation from Prince Lucho Rimanes, the “deliverer from poverty”, about whom a friend from Australia wrote. Can Jeffrey make the right choice, keep talent and soul?..

“Sattle of Satan” - a mystical decadent novel by the English writer Maria Korelli, published in 1895 and became the largest bestseller in the history of Victorian England.