{"product_id":"the-monk-modern-library-classics","title":"The Monk (Modern Library Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Matthew Lewis’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis’s story, which drove the House of Commons—of which he was a member—to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot Ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young girl who has concealed herself in his monastery disguised as a boy. As Ambrosio spirals into hell, the reader encounters an array of haunting characters: the innocent virgin, the Bleeding Nun, the Wandering Jew, an evil prioress, and Lucifer himself. This Modern Library Paperback Classic, set from the unexpurgated first edition of 1796, brings to a new generation of readers a timeless classic of gothic fiction that has influenced writers from Byron and Emily Brontë to Poe and Hawthorne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44700643066055,"sku":"P6770S","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0077\/9010\/0553\/files\/marissasbooksandgifts-9780375759161-the-monk-modern-library-classics-41087795298503.jpg?v=1732142944","url":"https:\/\/marissasbooks.com\/products\/the-monk-modern-library-classics","provider":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}