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| The Monk: A Romance; By Matthew Lewis | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 7 2016, 08:04 AM (111 Views) | |
| Neurotic Chainsaw | Mar 7 2016, 08:04 AM Post #1 |
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Vengeful Victim
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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. This is considered one of the most integral pieces of the Gothic horror literary genre. |
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| Neurotic Chainsaw | Mar 7 2016, 08:06 AM Post #2 |
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For a novel published prior to the 19th century, this is a VERY risque and demented novel. As mentioned in the plot summary, it has rape, incest, graphic violence, sadism, the supernatural, and even homoeroticism. It's definitely a wonderful, fucked up read for anyone who loves horror. We studied it as part of my British Romanticism class back in 2013. |
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| Baby Firefly | Mar 7 2016, 08:09 AM Post #3 |
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The Devil Himself
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Lol, I'm instantly in love with this and I haven't even read it yet. |
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| Neurotic Chainsaw | Mar 7 2016, 08:15 AM Post #4 |
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Yeah. I mean, I won't say it's the most brutal book I've ever read by any means, but for a book published in 1796, I'd say it pushes the envelope pretty heavily. |
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| Carl L Sanders | Dec 18 2016, 09:30 PM Post #5 |
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Innocent Virgin
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Okay; I just could not read this novel. The author of this early Gothic was a guest at Byron's Chateau in Geneva during the 'Haunted Summer' of 1816. He delighted Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Byron, Polidori et al with his ghostly tales. When he departed, to fill the horror void, they all began spooky tales themselves. Mary wrote Frankenstein. Percy, nothing, though he did consume a lot of opium, laudanum and wine. Byron began a truly interesting vampire tale, but abandoned it. The fragment is quite worth reading. It was subsequently taken up and finished by Polidori. Titled The Vampyre, it is one of the first such in English. ***OFF-Topic: I've already pimped my eBook, The Last Woman Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, qv. ***Way the fuck off-topic: Merry Christmas,to all. |
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