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First published in 1847, Wagner the Werewolf is one of the very earliest treatments of the Werewolf theme in English literature, and has lost none of its power to shock, it is one of the greatest works of George W.M. Reynolds, once the most popular author in England, and the... Read Full Overview

Fernand Wagner's deal with the devil buys wealth and youth―at the price of monthly transformations into a ravening beast. The first important fictional treatment of the werewolf theme in English literature, this Victorian thriller traces Wagner's blood-soaked trail through... Read Full Overview

Wagner the Werewolf First published in 1847, Wagner the Werewolf is one of the very earliest treatments of the Werewolf theme in English literature, and has lost none of its power to shock, it is one of the greatest works of George W. M. Reynolds, once the most popular author... Read Full Overview

G.W.M. Reynolds was a British author and journalist. Reynolds was a prolific writer who was considered to be one of the most popular authors of his time. Today he is best remembered for Wagner the Werewolf. The book is one of the first to have the werewolf theme and its exciting... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Wagner the Werewolf First published in 1847, Wagner the Werewolf is one of the very earliest treatments of the Werewolf theme in English literature, and has lost none of its power to shock, it is one of the greatest works of George W. M. Reynolds, once the most popular author... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Book ExcerptL: ...manifest to thee my deep, my boundless gratitude for this boon which thou hast conferred upon me ""By thinking no more of thy lost grand-child Agnes, but by preparing to follow me whither I shall now lead thee," replied the stranger."Command me: I am ready to... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ...manifest to thee my deep, my boundless gratitude for this boon which thou hast conferred upon me ""By thinking no more of thy lost grand-child Agnes, but by preparing to follow me whither I shall now lead thee," replied the stranger."Command me: I am ready to... Read Full Overview

Reynolds, a contemporary of Dickens and Thackeray, was a prolific writer of popular fiction who has been called the most popular writer of his times. Set in Florence in the early 1500s, Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf tells the story of how Fernand Wagner becomes a werewolf after making... Read Full Overview