With an Introduction by Kathryn White. Prepare to be shocked. This
novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex, magic and
ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is
remarkably modern in style and tells a breathless tale of
temptation, imprisonment and betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the
downfall of Ambrosio, the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the
walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of
the soul. Meanwhile, two sets of young lovers are thwarted and the
reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits and is
chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden and
skeleton-crowded vaults. Late Eighteenth Century audiences were
polarised in opinion as to the novel's merits. Lord Byron and the
Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewis's daring, while Coleridge
warned parents against The Monk's suitability for their sons or
daughters, describing the novel as 'poison for youth. If you want a
novel that still terrifies, over two hundred years after it was
written, there is none finer than The Monk.
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