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by William Godwin

Author:	William Godwin
Subcategory:	Literary
Language:	English
Publisher:	Arno Press (1972)
Category:	Fiction and Literature
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This gothic tale, first published in 1799, is set during the Protestant Reformation and tells the story of a. .Ultimately, St. Leon's unlimited wealth and years become his downfall.

This gothic tale, first published in 1799, is set during the Protestant Reformation and tells the story of a miserly nobleman who finds the philosopher's stone, or the legendary alchemical substance that will turn base metals into gold, as well as an elixir that will bring immortality. The author, William Godwin, is also notable for being the father of the author of€Frankenstein, €Mary Shelley.

St Leon (1799), Godwin's second novel, is a work of challenging ambition

St Leon (1799), Godwin's second novel, is a work of challenging ambition . Start by marking St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read.

Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1799) is eighteenth-century British philosopher William Godwin's second novel. St. Leon is the tale of a French aristocrat, Count Reginald de St. Leon, who loses his wealth gambling and experiences guilt that drives him almost to madness

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Скачать PDF. Стр. 114 - now a sainted spirit in the bosom of our father Abraham ! I call God to witness between us, that, if all my caution and vigilance can prevent it, not a hair of this child shall be injured ! Stranger, you little know by how strong a motive you have now engaged me to your cause. We poor Jews, hunted on the face of the earth, the abhorrence and execration of mankind, have nothing but family affections to support us under our multiplied disgraces ; and family affections are entwined with our existence

William Godwin's 1799 novel, "St. Leon," builds on themes he and patterns he established in his first novel "Caleb Williams". Loved this Gothic tale of an alchemist who invents a way to live for ever, then later realizes it is a curse.

William Godwin's 1799 novel, "St. Godwin's first concern, as always, is the way that the operations of government affect the individual. Godwin complicates the scenario of persecution, pursuit, and paranoia he worked with in "Caleb Williams" by giving his hero, Reginald St. Leon, a wife and children. Lots of dark castles in Eastern Europe, Spain and other "mysterious" places with references to real people and events from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

This gothic tale, first published in 1799, is.

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William Godwin's 1799 novel, "St. Leon," builds on themes he and patterns he established in his first novel "Caleb Williams". Godwin's first concern, as always, is the way that the operations of government affect the individual. Godwin complicates the scenario of persecution, pursuit, and paranoia he worked with in "Caleb Williams" by giving his hero, Reginald St. Leon, a wife and children. Godwin goes deep into human psychology to explore how the vicissitudes of human fortune affect not only one man, but how his responses to the world affect everyone around him.
The novel begins in the early 1520's, at the very beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. The anti-hero is Reginald St. Leon, a landed aristocrat, building his name in war and society. As a youth, he develops an unfortunate penchant for gambling which places his family's fortune and his legacy in severe straits. His friend and advisor, a gentleman by the name of de Damville, offers his daughter to St. Leon. De Damville trusts that by settling down with a prudent young lady like Marguerite, he will abandon his wanton lifestyle and become the man that his noble house expects. ...
One day, St. Leon is approached by an old man who takes him into confidence, promising St. Leon a way to recuperate his fortune, on the condition that he tells no one what passes between them. Offered the ultimate prizes of alchemy, the philosopher's stone and the elixir of immortality, St. Leon is sworn to silence, alienating him further from his wife and family. The next three volumes of the novel show the catastrophic aftermath of St. Leon's new gifts. St. Leon wanders all over Europe, abandoning his family, trying to use his unlimited wealth to benefit mankind. His experiments are ill-conceived, though, and he ends up, like his predecessor Caleb Williams, a complete outcast to humanity, hated by his family, pursued by the Spanish Inquisition, and imprisoned by the Hungarian Turks.
More psychologically complex than "Caleb Williams," "St. Leon" gives us a broad range of characters, male and female, who are each affected by their contact with St. Leon. We are exposed by Godwin, in a time when nations measured themselves as good by the supposed evil of other nations, to a kind of social relativism. In France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Hungary, Godwin gives us, not only St. Leon's perspective, but forces us to consider 16th (and by reflection 18th) century international relations from the vantage point of each.
However, this diffusion and variety that contributes to the complexity of the novel, socially, politically, and psychologically, also detracts from the overall effect of the novel upon the reader. Where "Caleb Williams" drives straight through in a constant state of panic and terror, "St. Leon" has a looser structure, and as a result, moves much slower, and does not captivate or enthrall as the earlier novel does. Overall, "St. Leon" is an extremely interesting novel, and should appeal to fans of psychological gothic and historical novels.

Made-with-Love

Loved this Gothic tale of an alchemist who invents a way to live for ever, then later realizes it is a curse. Lots of dark castles in Eastern Europe, Spain and other "mysterious" places with references to real people and events from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Good writing, clever unpredicatble plot.

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The main character gambles away his inheritance, moves to Switzerland and survives on a minimum with his family. Learns how to make gold, becomes immortal, and thinks that now everything will be allright forever. But that is not so, not at all!

Originally published in 1799, this book is highly readable even today. One can find elements of Frankenstein here (the author is Mary Shelleys father).

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