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Wagner the Werewolf

by George W.M. Reynolds · 1846

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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 'Master of the Penny Dreadful'.

Genre
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Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of thisshapeshiftershapeshifterMore like thisLess of this
Setting
VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 496 pages

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