The Sorrow of Satan is a work by the English writer M. Corelli (1855 - 1924).*** The mystery novel was first published in 1895. It tells about the talented but impoverished writer Jeffrey Tempest. At the most hopeless moment, the mysterious, handsome and fabulously rich philanthropist prince Lucio Rimanets appears in his gloomy little room, who secretly “rewards” him with a myriad of money, supposedly inherited from an unknown millionaire relative. Lucio becomes the hero's best friend, introduces him to high society and helps to win the hand of the most beautiful and noble girl in England. The only thing Tempest fails to achieve is literary recognition. He loses his humanity and becomes an ordinary rich snob. After a while, his conscience begins to torment him, turning his life into hell. Peru Corelli also owns the work “Barabas. The Tale of the Times of Christ.