The Monk

The Monk

Author: Matthew Gregory Lewis

Publisher: Open Road Media

ISBN: 9781497684331

Category: Fiction

Page: 386

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In what is widely considered to be the first Gothic novel, a monk must resist a temptation that could consume his soul Ambrosio has developed a reputation across Madrid for his piety and selflessness in his role as a monk. Left on the abbey’s doorstep as a child, Ambrosio took quickly to monastic life, and his fellow monks pronounced him a gift from the Virgin Mary. Despite his virtue, his status as the abbey’s favorite son is put in jeopardy with the arrival of Matilda, a woman with a terrible secret who disguises herself as a monk to be closer to Ambrosio. A sensational Gothic horror novel that is as stunning to readers today as it was two hundred years ago, The Monk is a shocking rumination of the nature of good and evil, and a morality tale that explicitly details the consequences of desire. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The Monk
Language: en
Pages: 386

The Monk

Authors: Matthew Gregory Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-27 - Publisher: Open Road Media

In what is widely considered to be the first Gothic novel, a monk must resist a temptation that could consume his soul Ambrosio has developed a reputation across Madrid for his piety and selflessness in his role as a monk. Left on the abbey’s doorstep as a child, Ambrosio took
The Monk
Language: en
Pages: 432

The Monk

Authors: Matthew Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-14 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

'He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.' The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The respected monk Ambrosio, the Abbot of a Capuchin
The Monk, a Romance Illustrated
Language: en
Pages: 551

The Monk, a Romance Illustrated

Authors: Matthew Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-20 - Publisher:

Originally published in 1796, The Monk's convoluted and scandalous plot has made it one of the most important Gothic novels of its time. Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and
The Monk
Language: en
Pages:

The Monk

Authors: M. G. Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-21 - Publisher: 谷月社

This broad hint attracted the notice of two Cavaliers, who occupied stools on the right hand, and were leaning their backs against the seventh column from the Pulpit. Both were young, and richly habited. Hearing this appeal to their politeness pronounced in a female voice, they interrupted their conversation to
Tales of Wonder
Language: en
Pages: 300

Tales of Wonder

Authors: Matthew Gregory Lewis
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-13 - Publisher: Broadview Press

In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory “Monk” Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. Including original and traditional works, translations and adaptations, and even burlesques of the Gothic, this “hobgoblin repast,” as Lewis called it, brings together a