Matthew Lewis's Gothic masterpiece depicting a holy man slowly becoming entangled in a web of sin The Monk is edited with an introduction by Christopher Mac Lachlan in Penguin Classics Savaged by critics for its blasphemy & obscenity particularly since the author was a Member of Parliament The Monk soon attracted thousands of readers keen to see if this Gothic novel lived up to its lurid reputation With acute psychological insight Lewis shows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio a worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid who is tempted by Matilda a young girl who has entered his monastery disguised as a boy Descending into a hell of his own creation Ambrosio is driven to magic & murder in an attempt to conceal his crimes from the Inquisition The Monk was greatly admired by the Marquis de Sade who saw it as a response to the upheavals of the French Revolution yet it also reveals something more universal the way violent & erotic impulses lurking within us all can break through every barrier of social restraint Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) was educated at Oxford after which he held a position in the British Embassy at The Hague It was there in 1794 that he wrote the racy novel The Monk under the influence of the early German romantics Its controversial publication in 1796 due to Lewis' new status as MP earned him fame & the book a great deal of popularity If you enjoyed The Monk you might like Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto also available in Penguin Classics ...

With an Introduction by Kathryn White Prepare to be shocked This novel written in 1796 is a Gothic festival of sex magic & ghastly ghostly violence rarely seen in literature The Monk is remarkably modern in style & tells a breathless tale of temptation imprisonment & betrayal Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of the soul Meanwhile two sets of young lovers are thwarted & the reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits & is chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden & skeleton-crowded vaults Late Eighteenth Century audiences were polarised in opinion as to the novel's merits Lord Byron & the Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewis's daring while Coleridge warned parents against The Monk's suitability for their sons or daughters describing the novel as 'poison for youth If you want a novel that still terrifies over two hundred years after it was written there is none finer than The Monk ...

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In The Monolith we are introduced to Alice Cohen a down-&-out ex-junkie who inherits a house in Brooklyn from her deceased grandmother Alice discovers her diary & begins to read the tale of a lost love & revenge that begins in the factories of New York during the depression & shows the creation of a monster bent on revenge for the slaying of a good honest man Originally published by DC comics but collected here for the first time The Monolith features an introduction by the legendary Jim Steranko & the amazing art of Phil Winslade ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Screen legends Vincent Price John Carradine & Donald Pleasence are just three of the stars of this darkly humorous cult horror gem Earning Hammer Films veteran Roy Ward Baker the Audience Award at Rome&s Fantafestival in 1981 & featuring music by The Pretty Things UB40 & BA Robertson The Monster Club is featured here in a High Definition transfer made from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Pausing to admire a window display of his own books distinguished horror writer Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes is attacked by a desperate vampire Eramus faint from lack of sustenance Assuring the startled victim that the neck bite was not deep the grateful vampire takes him to the Monster Club wherein Eramus explains to Ronald the hierarchy & basic rules of Monsterdom & illustrates his theme with three tales of toecurling terror ...