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The Monk
English BooksWhale Edition by Matthew Gregory Lewis
A sensational Gothic novel of temptation, secrecy, supernatural terror, and moral collapse.
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The Monk
The Monk follows Ambrosio’s fall from revered holiness into desire, deception, violence, and supernatural punishment. Lewis’s novel became a defining Gothic sensation, filled with convent secrets, spectral warnings, forbidden passion, cruelty, and a fierce critique of corrupt authority.
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Matthew Gregory Lewis died in 1818, and The Monk was first published in 1796. These dates support the public-domain basis for the English source text used in this edition.
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The Monk
The Monk: A Romance
by M. G. Lewis, Esq. M.P.
Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures, portentaque.
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Dreams, magic terrors, spells of mighty power, Witches, and ghosts who rove at midnight hour.
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- 01The Monk
- 02HORAT.
- 03CHAPTER I.
- 04CHAPTER II.
- 05CHAPTER III.
- 06CHAPTER IV.
- 07CHAPTER V.
- 08CHAPTER VI.
- 09CHAPTER VII.
- 10CHAPTER VIII.
- 11CHAPTER IX.
- 12CHAPTER X.
- 13CHAPTER XI.
- 14CHAPTER XII.
- 15PREFACE
- 16IMITATION OF HORACE
- 17M. G. L.
- 18ADVERTISEMENT
- 19CHAPTER I.
- 20MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
- 21THE GYPSY’S SONG
- 22THE GYPSY
- 23THE GYPSY
- 24THE GYPSY
- 25THE GYPSY
- 26CHAPTER II.
- 27TASSO.
- 28INSCRIPTION IN AN HERMITAGE
- 29DURANDARTE AND BELERMA
- 30CHAPTER III
- 31TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
- 32HISTORY OF DON RAYMOND,
- 33MARQUIS DE LAS CISTERNAS
- 34CHAPTER IV.
- 35MACBETH.
- 36“AGNES.”
- 37“AGNES.”
- 38CHAPTER V.
- 39POPE.
- 40LOVE AND AGE
- 41LEONELLA.
- 42THE EXILE
- 43CHAPTER VI.
- 44LEE.
- 45MIDNIGHT HYMN
- 46CHAPTER VII.
- 47BLAIR.
- 48CHAPTER VIII.
- 49CYMBELINE.
- 50THE WATER-KING
- 51A DANISH BALLAD
- 52CHAPTER IX.
- 53BLAIR.
- 54ALONZO THE BRAVE, AND FAIR IMOGINE
- 55CHAPTER X.
- 56COWPER.
- 57CHAPTER XI.
- 58PRIOR.
- 59CHAPTER XII.
- 60THOMSON.
- 61FINIS.
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