The Purgatory of Suicides; A Prison-Rhyme. In Ten Books. [London-1847]

The Purgatory of Suicides; A Prison-Rhyme. In Ten Books. [London-1847] A rare, fascinating example of Victorian macabre and morbidity, The Purgatory of Suicides tells the story of a condemned soul who has committed suicide to escape his earthly sufferings. The condemned soul never finds solace from his despair and spends eternity wandering in an empty purgatory that is full of suicides and those who have wrongfully taken their own lives. The book consists of a series of rhyming couplets all dealing with the topic of suicide and what, if anything, can be done to help those who have been driven to it.