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The Monk

ISBN: 9780802151070 | 0802151078
Edition: Reprint
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Grove Press
Pub. Date: 1/13/1994

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SummaryTable of Contents
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 priore... MORE
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Introduction: John Berryman
The Book
11(6)
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The Man
17(9)
The Influence
26(3)
``A Note on the Text'': Louis F. Peck
29(2)
Table of the Poetry
31(1)
Advertisement
32(1)
Preface: ``Imitation of Horace''
33(392)
The Monk
Volume I
35(108)
Volume II
143(134)
Volume III
277(146)
Appendix:
``A Note on the Variant Readings''
423(2)
Louis F. Peck
Variant Readings
425


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