by Kathryn White · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781840221855
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«The Monk» is the Gothic novel by Matthew Lewis, published by Wordsworth Editions in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Written in 1796, it recounts the fall of Ambrosio, a revered monk in an abbey in Madrid who succumbs to temptation and sinks into corruption and crime. The plot combines desire, magic and supernatural violence with separated lovers, bandits in forests and nuns locked in dungeons, showing religious hypocrisy.
This 2009 edition belongs to the collection «Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural» and includes an introduction by Kathryn White and a contribution by David Stuart Davies.
For readers of Gothic and horror classics; an influential work that will also interest those studying English literature of the late 18th century.
Kathryn White is a British children's book author based in Bristol.
