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  • The Monk

    A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Series series Gothic & Horror
    A revered abbot of Madrid, famous for never having sinned, is approached by a novice who is not what he seems. Lewis was nineteen and a junior diplomat when he wrote it in ten weeks; the book made him notorious, forced a bowdlerised second edition, and drew a public attack from Coleridge, who called it a poison for youth. It is the most extreme thing the Gothic ever produced, and the Inquisition ... Read more

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  • 50 Essential Classics You Must Read - British Literature

    The Definitive British Literature Collection from Beowulf to the Romantic Poets

    by Anonymous, The Essential Classics Library, William Langland, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Malory, Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, M.G. Lewis, Mary Shelley, William Beckford, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Various Authors, Multiple Authors ...
    Series Book 1 - 50 Essential Classics You Must Read
    A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    by M.G. Lewis ...
    Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions tempts its main character into breaking his vows. This edition is based on the first edition of 1796, which appeared before Lewis’s revisions to avoid charges of blasphemy. ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Lewis claimed to have written The Monk in just ten weeks, when he was twenty-one years of age. He published the first edition anonymously, sensing that the controversial and then-pornographic nature of the novel would stun society. And so it did—the book was so sensational, so salacious, and so scandalous, that after he put his full name (and title, as a member of Parliament) on the second edition ... Read more

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  • Journal of a West India Proprietor (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica

    by M. G. Lewis, Verity Eastmere ...
    Journal of a West India Proprietor records Matthew Gregory Lewis's visits to his Jamaican estates in 1815–16 and 1817, offering a revealing mixture of travel narrative, plantation diary, social observation, and moral unease. Written in a lively, anecdotal style, it moves between vivid descriptions of landscape, Creole society, estate management, and the enslaved people whose labor sustained the ... Read more

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  • Eternal Horrors: At the Mountains of Madness, Sons and Lovers, The Monk (At the mountains of madness by H. P. Lovecraft/ Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence/ The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis)

    by H. P. Lovecraft;D. H. Lawrence;M. G. Lewis ...
    Book 1: Plunge into the chilling abyss of cosmic horror with “ At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft .” H. P. Lovecraft invites readers on an otherworldly expedition to Antarctica, where scientific curiosity unleashes unimaginable horrors. Brace yourself for a descent into madness as Lovecraft weaves a tale of ancient secrets and the terrors that lurk in the icy depths.Book 2: Explore the ... Read more

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  • The Monk: A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book,I see thee cast a wishful look,Where reputations won and lost areIn famous row called Paternoster.Incensed to find your precious olioBuried in unexplored port-folio,You scorn the prudent lock and key,And pant well bound and gilt to seeYour Volume in the window setOf Stockdale, Hookham, or Debrett. ... Read more

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  • The Monk_ A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P_ ...
    Monk_ A Romance, The by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P_ offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / romance. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for readers ... Read more

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  • The Monk A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    The Monk: A Romance tells of the spectacular downfall of a Spanish monk. Ambroio lusts for the woman Matilda, who is disguised as a monk, but once he has had her he becomes infatuated with the innocent Antonia. This novel was the first to villainize a priest, and has all the trappings of the Gothic novel, including ruined castles, rape, incest, demonic contracts and the Spanish Inquisition.Lewis ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    Exploring the Depths of Human Desires and Dark Consequences

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Published in 1796, M.G. Lewis'Äôs 'The Monk' stands as a seminal work of Gothic fiction, weaving a complex tapestry of intrigue, passion, and religious ambivalence. The narrative follows the tragic figure of Ambrosio, a pious monk whose descent into depravity is orchestrated by the machinations of a mysterious figure. Lewis employs rich, evocative prose interlaced with sensuous imagery and an ... Read more

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  • The Monk: A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career (in one letter he claimed to have written it in ten weeks, but other correspondence suggests that he had at least started it, or something similar, a couple of years earlier), it was published before he turned twenty. It is a prime example of the male Gothic that ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Series series Gothic Library
    The Monk: A Romance is a dark and sensational Gothic novel set in 18th-century Spain. It follows Ambrosio, a revered monk in Madrid, whose excessive pride and secret vanity lead to his moral downfall. Tempted by a mysterious young novice—later revealed as the demoness Matilda—he succumbs to lust, betrayal, and murder. As his sins spiral into horror, Ambrosio faces divine punishment, culminating in ... Read more

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