Wormwood: A Drama of Paris
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Wormwood: A Drama of Paris (1890) is a proto-modernist book written by Marie Corelli. Although the book was published in Europe in the traditionally Victorian format of the "triple-decker" novel, the content of the book addresses the effects and very modern urban woes of Absinthe in fin-de-siecle Paris. The European Edition was published by Richard Bentley & Son, London 1890; The American Edition was published by WM. L. Allison Company, New York.
A must read for students of modernism.
Contents |
[edit] Epigraphs from the American Edition
[edit] First Epigraph
- A MESSIEURS
- LES ABSINTHEURS DE PARIS,
- CES FANFARONS DU VICE
- QUI SONT
- LA HONTE ET LE DESESPOIR DE LEUR PATRIE
[edit] Second Epigraph
- "And the name of the star is called WORMWOOD: and the third part of the waters beecame WORMWOOD; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." --Revelation viii.12
- "Et le nom de cette etoile etait ABSINTHE: et la troisieme partie des eaux fut changee en ABSINTHE; et elles firent mourir un grand nombre d'hommes parce qu'elles etaient devenues ameres." --Revelation vii. 11 (Nouveau Testament Francais)
[edit] External links
- Marie Corelli's Wormwood — At The Virtual Absinthe Museum: Photographs of the rare 1890 London first edition, and extensive extracts from the book downloadable in PDF format.
