The Sorrows of Satan

About this book

Geoffrey Tempest is a struggling author until an extraordinary stranger brings him immense wealth. With money come fame, influence and pleasures that begin to corrode everything he once valued.

Marie Corelli's novel turns a bargain with the devil into a fierce satire of literary celebrity and moral vanity. Its mysterious benefactor, Prince Lucio Rimânez, moves through fashionable society with an unsettling knowledge of its weaknesses. The book has all the drama of a Victorian bestseller, but its cruelest observations concern the ease with which success can become a trap.