Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew.

The narrative follows a man who, after participating in the persecution of Christ, is condemned to immortality by an utterance that binds him to live until the expected return. Banished from death, he wanders through centuries, observing the rise of early Christianity, the conflict with Jewish institutions, and the ruin that befalls Jerusalem, while burdened by remorse and alienation. The tale combines historical reconstruction, theological meditation, and romantic episodes to examine guilt, the ethics of vengeance, and the loneliness of endless life. Interwoven commentary and appended letters broaden the religious and scholarly perspectives framing his fate.