The Student of Prague

Beer halls and dueling scars no longer thrill Balduin. What he craves is love—yet how can a broke student ever approach a woman worthy of his heart? Lost in gloomy reflection, he brushes off Lyduschka's flirtations, unaware that fate is closing in. Then Scapinelli, a shadowy moneylender, slides beside him with an offer: instant wealth, no questions asked—except one peculiar, unsettling condition that could change everything.