page_title: St. Leon (novel)
hierarchical_section_title: St. Leon (novel)
caption_attribution_description: Title page from William Godwin's novel St. Leon
context_page_description: St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century is eighteenth-century British philosopher William Godwin's second novel.
  Following the success of Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, Godwin searched for a topic that would capture his imagination as much as his earlier work. St. Leon is the tale of a French aristocrat, Count Reginald de St. Leon, who loses his wealth gambling and experiences guilt that drives him almost to madness. He accepts the secret of the elixir of life and of the power of multiplying wealth from a dying stranger, ultimately causing him to wander separated from humankind.
context_section_description: St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1799) is eighteenth-century British philosopher William Godwin's second novel.
  Following the success of Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794), Godwin searched for a topic that would capture his imagination as much as his earlier work. St. Leon is the tale of a French aristocrat, Count Reginald de St. Leon, who loses his wealth gambling and experiences guilt that drives him almost to madness. He accepts the secret of the elixir of life and of the power of multiplying wealth from a dying stranger, ultimately causing him to wander separated from humankind.
caption: Title page from the first edition of St. Leon
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