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The Monk

(Oxford World's Classics)

By Emma McEvoy, Matthew Lewis

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| Paperback | 0192833944 | Details

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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 its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows,
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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 its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows,
then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal his guilt. The only edition of this key gothic novel available, The Monk now offers a new introduction and notes that make it especially accessible to the modern reader.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 496 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0192833944
  • ISBN-13: 9780192833945
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Pub date: May 14, 1998
  • Dimensions: 20 cm x 13 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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