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Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf

by George W. M. REYNOLDS (1814 - 1879)

Chapter XXVII: Stephano and the Marquis—The Stronghold of the Banditti

Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of transforming into a ravenous wolf once a month. This book contains everything from murder, kidnap, robbery, sadistic nuns and lust to war in sixteenth century Italy. Originally published in a serialised form, this penny dreadful is definitely not a piece of fine literature, but is hopefully entertaining. This book contains racial and other prejudices that were once commonplace. They are retained, as originally written in this recording, because to do otherwise would be to deny they existed. - Summary by clarinetcarrot

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Listen next episodes of Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf:
Chapter LIII: The Sultana Valida—The Three Black Slaves: part 2 , Chapter L: The Count of Arestino—The Plot Thickens , Chapter LI: The Meeting , Chapter LII: The Greek Page—Song of the Greek Page—A Revelation , Chapter LIII: The Sultana Valida—The Three Black Slaves: part 1 , Chapter LIV , Chapter LIX , Chapter LV , Chapter LVI: part 1 , Chapter LVI: part 2 , Chapter LVII: part 1 , Chapter LVII: part 2 , Chapter LVIII , Chapter LX: part 1 , Chapter LX: part 2 , Chapter LXI , Chapter LXII: The Sick-Room—Florence in Dismay , Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 1 , Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 2 , Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 3 , Chapter LXIV , Chapter XL: Wagner in Search of Nisida , Chapter XLI: The Island Queen , Chapter XLII: The Temptation—The Anaconda , Chapter XLIII: Nisida and Wagner , Chapter XLIV: Alessandro Francatelli , Chapter XLIX: The New Grand Vizier , Chapter XLVI: The Apostate Ibrahim , Chapter XLVII: The Seige of Rhodes , Chapter XLVIII: The Prisoner , Chapter XXIX: The Visit of the Banditti to the Riverola Palace , Chapter XXVIII: A Fearful Accusation , Chapter XXX: Flora's Captivity—A Companion—The Living Tomb , Chapter XXXI: The Banditti , Chapter XXXII: The Mystery of the Chair—The Catastrophe , Chapter XXXIII: Lomellino's Escape—Stephano's Intentions , Chapter XXXIV: The Abduction , Chapter XXXIX: The Wehr-Wolf , Chapter XXXV: Wagner and the Tempter—Phantasmagoria , Chapter XXXVI: The Trial of Fernand Wagner , Chapter XXXVII: The Shipwreck , Chapter XXXVIII: The Island in the Mediterranean Sea , PART 2: Chapter XLV: The Lady of Constantinople