The Monk
$26.49
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2002
Summary
When Matthew Lewis’s The Monk was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis’s story, which drove the House of Commons—of which he was a member—to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot Ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young girl who has concealed herself in his monastery disguised as a boy. As Ambrosio spirals into hell, the reader encounters an array of haunting characters—the innocent vi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375759161 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375759166 |
| Author: | Matthew Lewis, Hugh Thomas |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2002 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“The whole work is distinguished by the variety and impressiveness of its incidents; and the author every-where discovers an imagination rich, powerful, and fervid.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The whole work is distinguished by the variety and impressiveness of its incidents; and the author every-where discovers an imagination rich, powerful, and fervid.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
About The Author
Matthew Lewis
Hugh Thomas (Lord Thomas of Swynnerton) is widely known for his work on the history of Spain, including his epic masterpiece The Spanish Civil War.
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