The Monk

The book is a classic and a fun read. Better to buy the book and read it yourself than to listen to this narrator. He races the lines. Miss pronounces word after word. Puts little feeling into his read yet, when he does, it's in the wrong place. He's very tiring to listen to. Sadly you don't know any of this until you make the purchase and listen.

When I was younger, I avoided this book because the literary snob in me--a much more insistent voice back then than now--had decided, on the basis of ”informed opinion,” that “The Monk” was a calculated exercise in sensationalism, a device for producing horrific thrills through the deliberate, explo......more

Scandalous and scintillating. The Monk is a literary marvel. Watch my BookTube video featuring books with Satan & demons.😈 Behold, the book that ruined Matthew Gregory Lewis' career. When it was first published in 1796, The Monk was deemed too scandalous for polite society because of its profa......more

LOSING MY RELIGION Αυτό το "γοτθικό" κλασικό βιβλίο με οδήγησε στην Ισπανία του μεσαίωνα σε ένα κλίμα δεισιδαιμονίας θρησκευτικής αποχαύνωσης και διαστροφής. Τοποθετημένο σε ένα μεσαιωνικό μοναστήρι με έναν χαρισματικά και αγγελικά διεστραμμένο καλόγερο που μαγεύει τα πλήθη, αρχίζει να περιπλέκεται......more

Revived review because I just found the cover of the edition I read way back when - check it out - That is soooooo trashy! Could it be any trashier if she was in a bikini? Anyway... original review follows. ******************************** Calling all Gothic Novel fans : you have to read The Monk - this......more

Among the controversial literary works published throughout world history, few have sparked the level of outrage and obsession associated with Matthew Lewis’ 1796 novel The Monk. Even before his book bugged out eyes all across London, the patriarch was feeling hesitant toward Gothic plots. On one ha......more