01640cam a22003493u 4500001000400000003000700004005001700011006000200028007000500030008004100035040001100076041001700087050000700104100004800111245002400159264005100183300004700234336002600281337002600307338003600333500007500369500003100444508006800475520055700543534004501100653001701145653001901162653002101181653003001202856004101232999001701273601UtSlPG20260610133033.0mcr n260607r1996||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aLewis, M. G.q(Matthew Gregory),d1775-181814aThe Monk: A Romance 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c1996  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monk  aRelease date is 1996-07-01  aCharles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines.
Updated: 2023-01-08.  a"The Monk: A Romance" by M. G. Lewis is a Gothic novel published in 1796. It follows Ambrosio, a virtuous monk who succumbs to forbidden desires when a mysterious figure infiltrates his monastery. His fall from grace spirals into a dark tale of lust, murder, and demonic pacts. Scandalous for its sexually explicit content and themes of rape and incest, it became the most controversial Gothic novel of the 18th century, shocking readers while achieving immense popularity and influencing the horror genre. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aHorror tales  aGothic fiction  aMonks -- Fiction  aMadrid (Spain) -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/601  c42728d42728