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  • Audiobook

    Monk, The

    by M. G. Lewis ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 35 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Leonella and her niece, Antonia, visit a church to hear the sermon of acelebrated priest, Ambrosio, and while waiting tell their story to two young men, Don Lorenzo and Don Christoval. Antonia"s Grandfather is the Marquis de las Cisternas, who was unhappy with his son"s marriage, causing her parents to flee, leaving their young son behind only to be ... Read more

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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

    $4.99 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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  • Journal of a West India Proprietor (Annotated)

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

    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

    $0.97 CAD

  • The Monk_ A Romance

    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

    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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  • 50 Essential Classics You Must Read - British Literature

    The Definitive British Literature Collection from Beowulf to the Romantic Poets

    Series Book 1 - 50 Essential Classics You Must Read
    A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this ... Read more

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  • The Monk

    A Romance

    by M.G. Lewis ...
    Leonella and her niece, Antonia, visit a church to hear the sermon of a celebrated priest, Ambrosio, and while waiting tell their story to two young men, Don Lorenzo and Don Christoval. Antonia's Grandfather is the Marquis de las Cisternas, who was unhappy with his son's marriage, causing her parents to flee, leaving their young son behind only to be told a month later he has died. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus