![]() ![]() In the 1890s his literary reputation in England was revived, and his works were reprinted in various editions. Melmoth the Wanderer appeared in 1820, but in the last years of his life his works were neglected, and he died in poverty in 1824. His next plays, Manuel (1817) and Fredolfo (1819) were failures, and Maturin returned to writing novels. A series of other novels followed, and his tragedy Bertram (1816) met with great success when it was produced by Edmund Kean at Drury Lane, after recommendation by Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron. His first novel, The Fatal Revenge (1807), was published under a pseudonym to protect his reputation as a clergyman. He took orders and was a curate in Loughrea and Dublin, and also, for a time, worked as a teacher until literary success enabled him to give this up. Charles Robert Maturin was born in Dublin in 1782, and educated at Trinity College. ![]()
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