Wormwood: A Drama of Paris

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Wormwood: A Drama of Paris (1890) is a proto-modernist novel written by Marie Corelli. The novel was published in Europe in the traditional Victorian three-volume format and addressed the modern effects and woes of absinthe in fin-de-siecle Paris.

The European edition was published in 1890 by Richard Bentley & Son, London. The American edition was published by Wm. L. Allison, New York.

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.


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