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  • The Monk

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Scarcely had the Abbey Bell tolled for five minutes, and already was the Church of the Capuchins thronged with Auditors. Do not encourage the idea that the Crowd was assembled either from motives of piety or thirst of information. But very few were influenced by those reasons; and in a city where superstition reigns with such despotic sway as in Madrid, to seek for true devotion would be a ... Read more

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  • The Monk A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    The Monk: A Romance tells of the spectacular downfall of a Spanish monk. Ambroio lusts for the woman Matilda, who is disguised as a monk, but once he has had her he becomes infatuated with the innocent Antonia. This novel was the first to villainize a priest, and has all the trappings of the Gothic novel, including ruined castles, rape, incest, demonic contracts and the Spanish Inquisition.Lewis ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    The Monk: A Romance tells of the spectacular downfall of a Spanish monk. Ambroio lusts for the woman Matilda, who is disguised as a monk, but once he has had her he becomes infatuated with the innocent Antonia. This novel was the first to villainize a priest, and has all the trappings of the Gothic novel, including ruined castles, rape, incest, demonic contracts and the Spanish Inquisition. Lewis ... Read more

    $4.69 CAD

  • The Monk

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Lewis claimed to have written The Monk in just ten weeks, when he was twenty-one years of age. He published the first edition anonymously, sensing that the controversial and then-pornographic nature of the novel would stun society. And so it did—the book was so sensational, so salacious, and so scandalous, that after he put his full name (and title, as a member of Parliament) on the second edition ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    A Madrid Abbot Destroyed by Temptation

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Series series Gothic & Horror
    A revered abbot of Madrid, famous for never having sinned, is approached by a novice who is not what he seems. Lewis was nineteen and a junior diplomat when he wrote it in ten weeks; the book made him notorious, forced a bowdlerized later edition, and drew a public attack from Coleridge, who called it a poison for youth. It is the most extreme thing the Gothic ever produced, and the Inquisition ... Read more

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  • Feudal Tyrants, Or the Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans, Vol. 2 Of 4

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Excerpt from Feudal Tyrants, or the Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans, Vol. 2 of 4: A RomancePart of her adventures in the number of those papers, which L was compelled to rest01e to the Abbess s custody; but I am rather more inclined to believe, that Time has destroyed the remainder of these memoirs, Whose conclusion I am so desirous of perusing. ... Read more

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  • Journal of a West India Proprietor (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica

    by M. G. Lewis, Verity Eastmere ...
    Journal of a West India Proprietor records Matthew Gregory Lewis's visits to his Jamaican estates in 1815–16 and 1817, offering a revealing mixture of travel narrative, plantation diary, social observation, and moral unease. Written in a lively, anecdotal style, it moves between vivid descriptions of landscape, Creole society, estate management, and the enslaved people whose labor sustained the ... Read more

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  • The Monk; A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    The Monk; A Romance by M. G. Lewis. ... Read more

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  • The Monk_ A Romance

    by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P_ ...
    Monk_ A Romance, The by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P_ offers a concentrated, compelling experience within fiction / romance. This concise work presents carefully drawn characters and purposeful plotting that together explore themes of choice, consequence, and human connection. The prose is precise and economical, balancing vivid scenes with clear pacing to maintain narrative momentum. Ideal for readers ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    by M.G. Lewis ...
    Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions tempts its main character into breaking his vows. This edition is based on the first edition of 1796, which appeared before Lewis’s revisions to avoid charges of blasphemy. ... Read more

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  • The Castle Spectre

    Enriched edition. A Gothic Tale of Forbidden Love, Betrayal, and Revenge in a Haunted Castle

    by M. G. Lewis, Cecilia Pendleton ...
    In M. G. Lewis's gothic melodrama, "The Castle Spectre," readers are drawn into a haunting narrative steeped in themes of love, betrayal, and the supernatural. Set against the eerie backdrop of a crumbling castle, the play intertwines the lives of doomed lovers and malevolent spirits, employing a rich, poetic language that captures the essence of the early 19th-century Romantic period. Lewis's ... Read more

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  • The Monk: A Romance

    A Gothic Novel

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Series Book 7 - Romantic Fiction Collection
    Agnes is Don Lorenzo's younger sister and Don Raymond's lover. Her mother fell ill while pregnant with Agnes and vowed to send Agnes to the convent if she delivered her safely. She is a virtuous young lady who intends to marry Don Raymond but her parents want her to become a nun, so she decides to run away with him. Their plans are foiled and, thinking Don Raymond has abandoned her forever, she ... Read more

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