The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

"A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy and corrupting influence that Lewis had to remove controversial passages from future editions. Unsurprisingly, amidst this furore, the book was immensely popular with the reading public. Suffused with eroticism, and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murder replaced the gentler horrors of earlier practitioners of the genre."

The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature-- Sir Walter Scott

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818) is best known for his Gothic novel The Monk, which caused a sensation and led to its author being known as “Monk” Lewis for the remainder of his life.

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ISBN 13	9781847498168
ISBN 10	1847498167
Titre	The Monk
Auteur	Matthew Gregory Lewis
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Alma Books Ltd
Année de publication	2019-10-24
Nombre de pages	448
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