The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".

Originally published in 1895, The Sorrows of Satan is a Faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first best-sellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. It is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text.

The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 Faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first best-sellers - partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books, and partly due to its popular appeal.

he Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 Faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first best-sellers - partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books, and partly due to its popular appeal.

An impoverished novelist suddenly inherits a vast fortune from a distant relation but unwittingly makes a pact with the Devil when he accepts the help of the aristocratic Prince Lucio Rimanez, who graciously offers to show him how to spend his money and fulfill all his earnest desires.

The Sorrows of Satan is a 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is broadly viewed as one of the world's first successes, somewhat because of a disturbance in the framework British libraries used to buy their books and mostly because of its well known allure. Entirely denounced by pundits for Corelli's moralistic and trite style it in any case had solid allies in Oscar Wilde and different individuals from sovereignty. Generally disregarded in abstract circles, it is progressively viewed as a persuasive balance de siècle text. The book is sometimes captioned "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".

The Sorrows of Satan is an 1895 faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first bestsellers, partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase their books and partly due to its popular appeal. Roundly condemned by critics for Corelli's moralistic and prosaic style it nonetheless had strong supporters in Oscar Wilde and various members of royalty. Widely ignored in literary circles, it is increasingly regarded as an influential fin de siècle text. The book is occasionally subtitled "Or the Strange Experience of one Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire".