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Violence
A lot
Significant; Victorian Gothic violence including werewolf transformation and Inquisition horrors
Language
None
No strong language; Victorian prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the Faustian bargain and its psychological cost
What this book is about
G.W.M. Reynolds's 1846-47 Victorian Gothic serial novel follows Fernand Wagner — who makes a Faustian compact that makes him a werewolf — through a blood-soaked adventure across Europe involving the Inquisition, bandits, doomed love, and the supernatural. A Victorian sensation novel at full Victorian excess.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Gothic violence throughout
Victorian sensationalism
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