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The Monk

Written by: Matthew Lewis
Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton, Georgina Sutton
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A masterpiece of gothic fiction, The Monk is a cautionary tale of madness, horror, lust, and despair. Father Ambrosio, the most pious and venerated monk in all of Madrid, is held as a paragon of virtue. But after 30 years of study and prayer, evil thoughts begin to permeate his mind.

As two plots cleverly converge, torture, murder, incest, rape, poison, and magic prevail, sustained by an elegance in the writing of the 19-year-old Matthew Lewis.

The book was banned upon its initial publication in 1796, but later caught the attention of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with Coleridge naming it "the offspring of no common genius".

Public Domain (P)2017 Naxos AudioBooks
Classics Horror Literary Fiction
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Excellent reading of a keystone Gothic text.

An attentive reading of the novel; Boulton's performance is impeccable; also features excellent musical arrangements of certain featured songs or ballads: "The Gipsy's Song," sung by Sutton, is particularly evocative.

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