The bestselling author of The Search for Joseph Tully "will keep you up all night" with this paranormal thriller of heaven and hell, sinners and saviors (The New York Times). In a masterful blending of myth and reality, the eternal conflict between good and evil comes to life in this modern-day love
The Monk
β Scribed by William H. Hallahan
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1504059042
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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 mona
### Review βThe whole work is distinguished by the variety and impressiveness of its incidents; and the author every-where discovers an imagination rich, powerful, and fervid.β β**Samuel Taylor Coleridge** ### Product Description When Matthew Lewisβs *The Monk* was published in 1796, readers were
"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
This edition is based on the first edition of 1796, which appeared before Lewiss revisions to avoid charges of blasphemy. In his introduction, Christopher MacLachlan discusses the novels place within the Gothic genre, and its themes of sexual desire and the abuse of power. Set in the sinister monas