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.
Chapters
1 PART 1: Prologue 19 min 2 Chapter I: The Death-Bed, The Oath, The Last Injunctions 17 min 3 Chapter II: Nisida, The Mysterious Closet 7 min 4 Chapter III: The Manuscript, Flora Francatelli 15 min 5 Chapter IV: The Funeral, The Interruption of the Ceremony 12 min 6 Chapter V: The Reading of the Will 8 min 7 Chapter VI: The Pictures, Agnes and the Unknown, Mystery 13 min 8 Chapter VII: Revelations 11 min 9 Chapter VIII: The History of Agnes 9 min 10 Chapter IX: Conclusions of the History of Agnes 23 min 11 Chapter X: Francisco, Wagner and Nisida 12 min 12 Chapter XI: Nisida and Wagner, Francisco and Flora, The Approach of Sunset 12 min 13 Chapter XII: The Wehr-Wolf 14 min 14 Chapter XIII: Nisida's Emotions, The Disguise, The Plot 14 min 15 Chapter XIV: The Last Meeting of Agnes and the Stranger Lady 5 min 16 Chapter XV: The Sbirri, The Arrest 8 min 17 Chapter XVI: Nisida and the Carmelite Abbess 10 min 18 Chapter XVII: Wagner in Prison, A Visitor 9 min 19 Chapter XVIII: Flora Francatelli, The Three Nuns, The Chair 10 min 20 Chapter XIX: The Descent, The Chamber of Penitence 13 min 21 Chapter XX: Francisco and Nisida, Dr. Duras and the Letter 13 min 22 Chapter XXI: The Suburb of Alla Croce, The Jew, The Robber Chief's Love 21 min 23 Chapter XXII: The Countess of Arestino 9 min 24 Chapter XXIII: The Love of Woman, Giulia and her Lover 14 min 25 Chapter XXIV: The Injured Husband, The Guilty Wife, And the Insolent Lover 15 min 26 Chapter XXV: The Marquis of Orsini 12 min 27 Chapter XXVI: A Combat, The Despised and Persecuted Israelite 11 min 28 Chapter XXVII: Stephano and the Marquis, The Stronghold of the Banditti 13 min 29 Chapter XXVIII: A Fearful Accusation 11 min 30 Chapter XXIX: The Visit of the Banditti to the Riverola Palace 16 min 31 Chapter XXX: Flora's Captivity, A Companion, The Living Tomb 17 min 32 Chapter XXXI: The Banditti 8 min 33 Chapter XXXII: The Mystery of the Chair, The Catastrophe 13 min 34 Chapter XXXIII: Lomellino's Escape, Stephano's Intentions 11 min 35 Chapter XXXIV: The Abduction 6 min 36 Chapter XXXV: Wagner and the Tempter, Phantasmagoria 24 min 37 Chapter XXXVI: The Trial of Fernand Wagner 12 min 38 Chapter XXXVII: The Shipwreck 5 min 39 Chapter XXXVIII: The Island in the Mediterranean Sea 20 min 40 Chapter XXXIX: The Wehr-Wolf 16 min 41 Chapter XL: Wagner in Search of Nisida 20 min 42 Chapter XLI: The Island Queen 12 min 43 Chapter XLII: The Temptation, The Anaconda 16 min 44 Chapter XLIII: Nisida and Wagner 13 min 45 Chapter XLIV: Alessandro Francatelli 16 min 46 PART 2: Chapter XLV: The Lady of Constantinople 15 min 47 Chapter XLVI: The Apostate Ibrahim 11 min 48 Chapter XLVII: The Seige of Rhodes 8 min 49 Chapter XLVIII: The Prisoner 14 min 50 Chapter XLIX: The New Grand Vizier 15 min 51 Chapter L: The Count of Arestino, The Plot Thickens 10 min 52 Chapter LI: The Meeting 16 min 53 Chapter LII: The Greek Page, Song of the Greek Page, A Revelation 16 min 54 Chapter LIII: The Sultana Valida, The Three Black Slaves: part 1 17 min 55 Chapter LIII: The Sultana Valida, The Three Black Slaves: part 2 16 min 56 Chapter LIV 26 min 57 Chapter LV 26 min 58 Chapter LVI: part 1 20 min 59 Chapter LVI: part 2 20 min 60 Chapter LVII: part 1 21 min 61 Chapter LVII: part 2 39 min 62 Chapter LVIII 23 min 63 Chapter LIX 30 min 64 Chapter LX: part 1 22 min 65 Chapter LX: part 2 24 min 66 Chapter LXI 30 min 67 Chapter LXII: The Sick-Room, Florence in Dismay 23 min 68 Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 1 20 min 69 Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 2 30 min 70 Chapter LXIII: The Manuscript: part 3 36 min 71 Chapter LXIV 22 min
