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The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. Written early in Lewis's career, it was published before he turned twenty. 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 is a prime example of the type of Gothic that specializes in ...
The Monk, Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. The story’s violence and sexual content made it one of the era’s best-selling and most influential novels. The novel is the story of a monk, Ambrosio, who is initiated into a life of depravity by Matilda, a woman who has disguised.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Shocking, erotic and violent, The Monk is the story of Ambrosio, torn between his spiritual vows and the temptations of physical pleasure. His internal battle leads to sexual obsession, rape and murder, yet this book also contains knowing parody of its own excesses as well as social comedy.
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Sein anonym publizierter Schauerroman Der Mönch (The Monk, 1796) wurde jedoch sein erster großer Erfolg. Obwohl die meisten Rezensenten, darunter Samuel Taylor Coleridge , das Werk als schwülstig und unnatürlich ablehnten, andere Rezensenten gar von strafrechtlich zu ahndender Blasphemie und Obszönität sprachen, hatte es doch ...
The Monk is a 1796 novel by English writer Matthew Lewis, set in Spain and featuring a monk who commits incest and murder. The novel explores themes of evil, supernatural, and anti-Catholicism, and is considered a classic of Gothic fiction.
The Monk | Film, Trailer, Kritik. Seit Zawana als Straßenkind von einem buddhistischen Kloster in einem abgelegenen Dorf aufgenommen wurde, ist das entbehrliche und ruhige Leben dort alles, was er kennt.
A Gothic novel about a monk who falls into sin and lusts after a young woman. Read the chapter-by-chapter summary of the novel, which explores themes of evil, superstition, and morality.
