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In what is widely considered to be the first gothic novel, a monk must resist a temptation that could consume. Lewiss story, which drove the house of commonsof which he was a. A romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of the supernatural. The monk 1796 is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of gothic fiction and the first horror novel in english literature.
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The monk by matthew lewis overdrive rakuten overdrive. Matthew gregory lewis was an english novelist and dramatist, often referred to as monk lewis, because of the success of his gothic novel, the monk. The storys violence and sexual content made it one of the eras bestselling and most influential novels. Strongly influenced by the work of ann radcliffe and an adolescence spent learning languages in europe, lewis wrote his classic work the monk in only ten weeks, earning himself the nickname monk lewis for the rest of his life. A romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of the. A quickly written book from early in lewiss career in one letter he claimed to have written it in ten. Matthew gregory lewis 17751818 was educated at oxford, after which he held a position in the british embassy at the hague. Matthew lewis 1775 1818 matthew gregory lewiss the monk. Download or read the monk book by clicking button below to visit the book download website. Lewis s story, which drove the house of commonsof which he was a memberto deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young.
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