The Monk by Matthew Lewis

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

374 pages first pub 1796 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The respected monk Ambrosio, the Abbot of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, is overwhelmed with des...

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