The Monk
of Matthew Gregory Lewis
Description
'He now saw himself stained with the most loathed and monstrous sins, the object of universal execration ... doomed to perish in tortures the most severe'Shocking, erotic and violent, The Monk is the story of Ambrosio, torn between his spiritual vows and the temptations of physical pleasure. His internal battle leads to sexual obsession, rape and murder, yet this book also contains knowing parody of its own excesses as well as social comedy. Written by Matthew Lewis when he was only nineteen, it was a ground-breaking novel in the Gothic Horror genre and spawned hundreds of imitators, drawn in by its mixture of bloodshed, sex and scandal.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 431 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date October 29th 1998
- First Publication 10/28/96
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140436037
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Madrid (Spain)']
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