Of the relatively few Victorian werewolf stories, this is perhaps the finest and most engaging. George W. M. Reynolds’ popular serial follows the eponymous Wagner, who gains eternal youth, beauty and wealth through a satanic pact which curses him with lycanthropy; his rapid disenchantment with his immortal state propels him to find a cure amidst the religious upheaval of Inquisition-torn sixteenth-century Italy. The sympathetic portrayal of Wagner’s inner struggle lends the character a sense of moral ambiguity similar to the “personal horror” of later Gothic fiction.

Book Size: Crown Quarto (7.44 x 9.68 in / 189 x 246 mm)

Page Count: 483 Pages

Interior Color: Black & White Standard

Paper Type: 60# Cream

Book Binding: Hardcover

Cover Finish: Matte

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