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The Monk: A Romance (Penguin Classics) Book
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Foyles
Matthew Lewis's Gothic masterpiece, depicting a holy man slowly becoming entangled in a web of sin, The Monk is edited with an introduction by Christopher MacLachlan in Penguin Classics.Savaged by critics for its blasphemy and obscenity, particularly since the author was a Member of Parliament, The Monk soon attracted thousands of readers keen to see if this Gothic novel lived up to its lurid reputation. With acute psychological insight, Lewis shows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid who is tempted by Matilda, a young girl who has entered his monastery disguised as a boy. Descending into a hell of his own creation, Ambrosio is driven to magic and murder in an attempt to conceal his crimes from the Inquisition. The Monk was greatly admired by the Marquis de Sade, who saw it as a response to the upheavals of the French Revolution, yet it also reveals something more universal: the way violent and erotic impulses lurking within us all can break through every barrier of social restraint.Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) was educated at Oxford after which he held a position in the British Embassy at The Hague. It was there in 1794, that he wrote the racy novel The Monk, under the influence of the early German romantics. Its controversial publication in 1796, due to Lewis' new status as MP, earned him fame and the book a great deal of popularity.If you enjoyed The Monk, you might like Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, also available in Penguin Classics.
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BookDepository
The Monk : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140436037 : 0140436030 : 01 Jun 1999 : Shows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid who is tempted by Matilda, a young girl who has entered his monastery disguised as a boy. Descending into a hell of his own creation, Ambrosio is driven to magic and murder in an attempt to conceal his crimes from the Inquisition.
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Penguin
'Few could sustain the glance of his eye, at once fiery and penetrating' Savaged by critics for its supposed profanity and obscenity, and bought in large numbers by readers eager to see whether it lived up to its lurid reputation, The Monk became a succas de scandale when it was published in 1796 - not least because its author was a member of parliament and only twenty years old.
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ASDA
Ambrosio the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid falls to the temptations of Matilda a fiend-inspired wanton who disguised as a boy has entered his monastery as a novice. Ambrosio then falls in love with one of his penitents and finally kills her in order to escape detection. However he is discovered and sentenced to death.
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Blackwell
Published when Matthew 'Monk' Lewis (1775-1818) was only twenty, this Gothic fiction combines sensationalism with an exploration of sexual desire and the abuse of power.Savaged by critics for its blasphemy and obscenity, particularly since the...
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Matthew Lewis, Christopher MacLachlan, Christopher MacLachlan
- 0140436030
- 9780140436037
- Matthew Lewis
- 31 July 2003
- Penguin Classics
- Paperback (Book)
- 416
- New Ed
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