The Maiden Faust: A Novel Much Concerning Alchemy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781915530851)

Alchemy is the leitmotif of this gripping novel, set against a richly authentic backdrop of 1840s Cambridge. The Maiden Faust presents a new and startlingly original take on the Faust legend made famous by Marlowe, Goethe and Mann.

In this forceful, female-centered, narrative the ageing scholar Faust of the Gothic myth is replaced by Philippa Austen, a Cambridge undergraduate in an alternative Victorian England where alchemy holds sway. After Philippa encounters the beautiful but unearthly Martha Stowfell, she strikes a bargain to unpick the threads of her dark history - but at what cost?

The reader has to wait to the last page to fully decode the plot of this extraordinary piece of fiction.

Author: Conor Farrington
ISBN-10: 1915530857
ISBN-13: 9781915530851
Publisher: Galileo Publishers
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2025
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.13w x 1.19d