From the Dust Returned vs Melmoth the Wanderer: Which Should You Read?

From the Dust Returned Ray Bradbury · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.7 204 pages · ≈ 3 h 47 m · Moderate

Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the universe. Now, in…

Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin · 1820 ★★★★☆ 3.7 560 pages · ≈ 10 h 22 m · Challenging

“John Melmoth, student at Trinity College, Dublin, having journeyed to County Wicklow for attendance at the deathbed of his miserly uncle, finds the old man, even in his last moments, tortured by avarice, and by suspicion of all around him.”

"In a satanic bargain, Melmoth has sold his soul in exchange for immortality and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release him from his…