Description
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 virgin, the Bleeding Nun, the Wandering Jew, an evil prioress, and Lucifer himself.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic, set from the unexpurgated first edition of 1796, brings to a new generation of readers a timeless classic of gothic fiction that has influenced writers from Byron and Emily Bront? to Poe and Hawthorne.Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Matthew Lewis,Hugh Thomas (Introduction by)
Published: 04/09/2002
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780375759161
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 0.85″ H x 8.04″ L x 5.46″ W
About the Author
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, available as a Modern Library Paperback.
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