Le protagoniste de ce roman gothique est John Melmoth, un érudit qui a vendu son âme au diable en échange d'un sursis de cent cinquante ans sur la mort. Dans le présent de la narration, 1816, il cherche désespérément un homme qui reprenne le pacte en son nom. Le passé est révélé par une série d'analepses mises en abyme dans la narration repère, selon le principe du récit dans le récit, l'auteur ayant recours à des lieux communs tels que le paquet de lettres retrouvé dans un grenier.
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