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The Sorrows of Satan

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The novel "The Sorrows of Satan" Marie Corelli (such a sound pseudonym took an Englishwoman Mary Mackay) was published in 1895 and became one of the greatest literary events of the Victorian era. It was an extraordinary success with readers, breaking all possible sales records. When the writer was attacked by critics, she was supported by Oscar Wilde, whose novel "The Portrait of Dorian Gray", written five years earlier, in many ways anticipated the appearance of "The Sorrows of Satan". Turning to the popular plot of the deal with the devil, Marie Corelli created one of the most ambiguous in world literature images of Satan: in her novel it is a hero who does not want evil, but creates it, tempting people, but living in the hope that they overcome their desires and stop sinning. Readers are waiting for non-trivial plot twists and phantasmagoric ending. Interestingly, the first Russian-language edition of the novel (1903) saw the light under the name of Bram Stoker, the author of the novel about Dracula. As a result of this error in Russia, the authorship of "The Sorrows of Satan" for a long time attributed to Stoker. Nowadays, Marie Corelli's novel is deservedly recognized as a classic of European mysticism.
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