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The Monk

By Lewis , Gregory Matthew

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0195151364
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18548203 bytes)
Series
Oxford World's Classics (22)
Pages
442\472
Topic
Literature Fiction
Time added
2021-11-28 23:26:21
Gothic Fiction

Description

One of the most extravagantly dark works of Gothic fiction ever written in English, admired by the likes of Lord Byron and the Marquis de Sade, THE MONK drew a firestorm of criticism when it was published in 1796. Contemporaries condemned it as “lewd,” “libidinous and impious.” “Lust, murder, incest, and every atrocity that can disgrace human nature,” one critic cried, “brought together, without the apology of probability or even possibility." Of course, it was an immediate best seller. (From the back cover.)

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