The Monk

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Informação do Produto

ISBN9781847498168
AutoresMatthew Gregory Lewis
EditoraAlma Books Ltd
FormatoCapa mole
Número de páginas448
Peso (kg)0,360
Data de Publicação24/10/2019
Preço (iva excl.)€ 11,18
Imposto€ 0,67
Preço (iva inc.)€ 11,85
Disponibilidade11 unidades em armazém externo

Descrição do Produto

"A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy and corrupting influence that Lewis had to remove controversial passages from future editions. Unsurprisingly, amidst this furore, the book was immensely popular with the reading public.

Suffused with eroticism, and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murder replaced the gentler horrors of earlier practitioners of the genre."