Скорбь Сатаны (книга #9)

Deĭstvie romana proiskhodit v Londone v 1895 godu. Satana khodit sredi li͡udeĭ v poiskakh ocherednoĭ igrushki, s kotoroĭ smozhet pozabavitʹsi͡a, chtoby pokazatʹ Bogu, chto mozhet razvratitʹ kogo ugodno. On khochet naĭti kogo-to dostoĭnogo, kto smozhet soprotivli͡atʹsi͡a iskushenii͡am, no vokrug t͡sarit bezverie, korrupt͡sii͡a, prodazhnostʹ.<br><br><br>Dzheffri Tempest, molodoĭ obednevshiĭ pisatelʹ, edva svodit kont͡sy s kont͡sami, bezuspeshno pytaetsi͡a prodatʹ svoĭ roman. V ocherednoĭ raz, kogda on razmyshli͡aet o svoem otchai͡annom polozhenii, on zamechaet na stole tri pisʹma. Pervoe - ot druga iz Avstralii, kotoryĭ razbogatel na zolotodobyche, on soobshchaet, chto posylaet k Dzheffri druga, kotoryĭ pomozhet emu vybratʹsi͡a iz bednosti. Vtoroe - zapiska ot poverennogo, v kotoroĭ podrobno opisyvaetsi͡a, chto on unasledoval sostoi͡anie ot umershego rodstvennika. Tretʹe - rekomendatelʹnoe pisʹmo ot Kni͡azi͡a Lucho Rimaneza, "izbaviteli͡a ot bednosti", pro kotorogo pisal drug iz Avstralii. Smozhet li Dzheffri sdelatʹ pravilʹnyĭ vybor, sokhranitʹ talant i dushu?..<br><br><br>"Skorbʹ Satany" - misticheskiĭ dekadentskiĭ roman angliĭskoĭ pisatelʹnit͡sy Marii Korelli, opublikovannyĭ v 1895 godu i stavshiĭ krupneĭshim bestsellerom v istorii viktorianskoĭ Anglii.

The novel takes place in London in 1895. Satan walks among people in search of another toy with which he can have fun, to show God that he can corrupt anyone. He wants to find someone worthy who can resist temptation, but there is disbelief, corruption, and venality all around.


Jeffrey Tempest, an impoverished young writer, is barely making ends meet, unsuccessfully trying to sell his novel. Once again, when he reflects on his desperate situation, he notices three letters on the table. The first is from a friend from Australia who became rich in gold mining, he says that he is sending a friend to Jeffrey who will help him get out of poverty. The second is a note from the attorney, which describes in detail that he inherited the fortune from a deceased relative. The third is a letter of recommendation from Prince Lucho Rimanez, the "deliverer from poverty", about whom a friend from Australia wrote. Will Jeffrey be able to make the right choice, preserve his talent and soul?..


The Tribulation of Satan is a mystical decadent novel by the English writer Maria Corelli, published in 1895 and became the largest bestseller in the history of Victorian England.