The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

For the authors

Support

Track a shipment

Company

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

Home

Fiction

Home
Genres
Fiction

The Monk

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Monk

By Matthew Lewis

2 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

‌

About the book

'He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.'The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The respected monk Ambrosio, the Abbot of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, is overwhelmed with desire for a young girl; once having abandoned his monastic vows he begins a terrible descent into immorality and violence. His appalling fall from grace embraces ...Show more

Fiction and Related items

Book details

ISBN

9780198704454

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2015

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Monk

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Other versions

The Monk

Paperback · 1998

The Monk

Paperback · 2009

Reviews · 0

2 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

You might also like

Murder at the Monastery

Murder at the Monastery

Richard Coles

Flowers From Hell

Flowers From Hell

Nikolas Schreck

Original Sin

Original Sin

P. D. James

The Terrifying Tales

The Terrifying Tales

Edgar Allan

Tales of Horror

Tales of Horror

Edgar Allan Poe

Nostromo

Nostromo

Joseph Conrad

Devil

Devil

David Churchill

The Demonologist

The Demonologist

Andrew Pyper

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

Thomas De Quincey

Medieval secrets & scandals

Medieval secrets & scandals

Brenda Williams

Vathek

Vathek

William Beckford

The murders in the Rue Morgue and other tales

The murders in the Rue Morgue and other tales

Edgar Allan

The devil will come

The devil will come

Glenn Cooper

Heresy

Heresy

S. J. Parris

Death and the devil

Death and the devil

Frank Schätzing

The Monk

The Monk

Matthew Lewis

The Romance of the Forest

The Romance of the Forest

Ann Radcliffe

The Red and the Black A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century

The Red and the Black A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century

Stendhal Stendhal

The book of unholy mischief

The book of unholy mischief

The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

Marquis de Sade

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Somnambulist

The Somnambulist

Jonathan Barnes

Death of a Monk

Death of a Monk

Alon Hilu

The 120 Days of Sodom

The 120 Days of Sodom

Marquis de Sade

The religion

The religion

Tim Willocks

The Devils of Loudon

The Devils of Loudon

Aldous Huxley

The Magus

The Magus

John Fowles

Devil in green

Devil in green

The Devil & Miss Prym

The Devil & Miss Prym

Paulo Coelho

Satanism and Witchcraft

Satanism and Witchcraft

Jules Michelet

The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Ward Radcliffe

The Complete Book of Devils and Demons

The Complete Book of Devils and Demons

Leonard R. N. Ashley

The Master of Ballantrae

The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson

Monk's Hood

Monk's Hood

Ellis Peters

The Leper of Saint Giles

The Leper of Saint Giles

Ellis Peters

Exorcism Through The Ages

Exorcism Through The Ages

St. Elmo Nauman

The Devils

The Devils

Dostoyevsky

1356

1356

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg

Brother Odd

Brother Odd

Dean Koontz