# Old Melmoth — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Old Melmoth in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-melmoth-the-wanderer

## Who they are

John Melmoth's uncle, whose death sets the story in motion.

## In the story

### [Melmoth the Wanderer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/melmoth-the-wanderer)

The dying uncle whose death triggers the discovery of the portrait and manuscript.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/i)

The dying miser uncle, rich but paranoid, who dies in a delirium of avarice, accusing everyone of robbing him.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/ii)

The deceased uncle, whose will contains a mysterious codicil about a portrait and manuscript.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/iii)

His portrait is torn and burned by young Melmoth; his figure appears in a vision after the destruction.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned indirectly through the governante's use of his old law-papers and the search for his coats and boots.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxix)

The Wanderer, now aged and decrepit, faces his final summons and vanishes.

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