The Monk
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The Monk by Matthew Lewis set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid,The Monk; is a violent tale of ambition, murder and incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads to its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder to conceal his guilt. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.
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Paperback, 4th Edition
ISBN13: 9781840221855
Wordsworth Editions, 2009