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ISBN: 9781094016405
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ISBN: 9781094016412
| Runtime: | 14.98 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A masterpiece of gothic fiction, The Monk is a cautionary tale of madness, horror, lust, and despair.
Father Ambrosio, the most pious and venerated monk in all of Madrid, is held as a paragon of virtue. But after thirty years of study and prayer, evil thoughts begin to permeate his mind. As two plots cleverly converge, torture, murder, incest, rape, poison, and magic prevail, sustained by an elegance in the writing of the nineteen-year-old Matthew Lewis.
The book was banned upon its initial publication in 1796, but later caught the attention of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with Coleridge naming it “the offspring of no common genius.”
Author
Author Bio: Matthew Lewis
Matthew Lewis (1775–1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as “Monk” Lewis because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel, The Monk. He is also known for the play The Castle Spectre as well as his many translations of other texts. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1794 and a master’s in 1797.
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Details
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Runtime: | 14.98 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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