Try ‘The tale of Guzman’s family’ in Ch. Maturin’s ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’. A bit like some stories by O’Henry, and with a happy end. Oddly modern language, considering. I found it incredibly moving and clear (although I cannot see how selling one’s soul to the devil is any worse for it than murdering one’s entire family).
Try ‘The tale of Guzman’s family’ in Ch. Maturin’s ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’. A bit like some stories by O’Henry, and with a happy end. Oddly modern language, considering. I found it incredibly moving and clear (although I cannot see how selling one’s soul to the devil is any worse for it than murdering one’s entire family).