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The Monk; a romance - Kindle edition by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Monk; a romance/5().  · Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), Title: The Monk: A Romance Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Horror tales Subject: Author: Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory),  · The Monk is the most sensational of Gothic novels. The main plot concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman (or perhaps a demon) disguised as a novice, and who goes on to sell his soul to the Devil. An extravagant blend of sex, death, politics, Satanism, and poetry, the work greatly appealed to the Marquis de Sade.5/5(1).

Matthew Gregory Lewis, byname Monk Lewis, (born July 9, , London, Eng.—died , at sea), English novelist and dramatist who became famous overnight after the sensational success of his Gothic novel The Monk (). Thereafter he was known as "Monk" Lewis. Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Lewis served as attaché to the British embassy at The Hague. The Monk is a novel by Matthew Lewis. The Monk study guide contains a biography of Matthew Lewis, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk: A Romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of the supernatural. It includes several subplots: rape, torture and incest. It is the old story of the forces of good versus the forces of evil, except that in this one evil comes out ahead.

THE MONK A ROMANCE by MATTHEW LEWIS Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque. Horat. Dreams, magic terrors, spells of mighty power, Witches, and ghosts who rove at midnight hour. PREFACE IMITATION OF HORACE Ep. —B. 1. Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book, I see thee cast a wishful look. Just as THE MOONSTONE is considered to be the first modern mystery novel, some critics view THE MONK as the first modern horror novel. Whether or not that is true, it certainly took the gothic novel to a new level. Unlike practitioners of suspense, Lewis bludgeons the reader with evil supernatural events. The last chapter is quite good horror. by Lewis, Matthew Gregory London: Paul Elek, Pulp paperback reprint of Matthew Lewis's sensational Gothic novel The Monk, first published in , reissued in as part of Elek's "Bestseller Library.".