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The monk / Matthew Lewis ; with a new introduction by Stephen King.
LIBRA - Furness Storage PR4887 .M7 2002b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) ; 22.
- Oxford world's classics ; 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monks--Fiction.
- Monks.
- Madrid (Spain)--Fiction.
- Madrid (Spain).
- Incest--Fiction.
- Incest.
- Rape--Fiction.
- Rape.
- Spain--Madrid.
- Genre:
- Horror tales.
- Fiction.
- Gothic fiction.
- Horror fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 442 pages ; 17 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- The classic, late-eighteenth-century horror novel described as lewd and libidinous at the time of its original publication in 1796 tells the story of a monk-turned-serial killer who rapes and kills women, is sentenced to death by the Inquisition, and sells his soul to the devil.
- ISBN:
- 0195151364
- 9780195151367
- OCLC:
- 49260940
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