The Monk (Modern Library Classics) [9780375759161]

Overview

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 Brontë to Poe and Hawthorne.

The book, The Monk (Modern Library Classics) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780375759161 in Paperback by Matthew Lewis may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.