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The Monk

Name: The Monk
Author: Matthew Lewis (writer)

The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career , it was published before he turned twenty. It is a prime example of the male Gothic that specialises in the aspect of horror. Its convoluted and scandalous plot has made it one of the most important Gothic novels of its time, often imitated and adapted for the stage and the screen.

“An Author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an Animal whom every body is privileged to attack; For though All are not able to write Books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.”

Matthew Lewis (writer) book The Monk

Page 198.
The Monk (1796)

“Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly and roundly by its name; and the annals of a Brothel would scarcely furnish a greater choice of indecent expressions. Yet this is the Book, which young Women are recommended to study.”

Matthew Lewis (writer) book The Monk

Page 259.
The Monk (1796)

“The worms, They crept in, and the worms, They crept out,
And sported his eyes and his temples about,
While the Spectre addressed Imogine.”

Matthew Lewis (writer) book The Monk

Page 315; "Alonzo the Brave, and Fair Imogine", line 59.
The Monk (1796)

“A Warrior so bold, and a Virgin so bright
Conversed, as They sat on the green:
They gazed on each other with tender delight;
Alonzo the Brave was the name of the Knight,
The Maid's was the Fair Imogine.”

Matthew Lewis (writer) book The Monk

Page 313; "Alonzo the Brave, and Fair Imogine", line 1.
The Monk (1796)