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The Monk
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton, Georgina Sutton
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
A masterpiece of gothic fiction, The Monk is a cautionary tale of madness, horror, lust, and despair. Father Ambrosio, the most pious and venerated monk in all of Madrid, is held as a paragon of virtue. But after 30 years of study and prayer, evil thoughts begin to permeate his mind.
As two plots cleverly converge, torture, murder, incest, rape, poison, and magic prevail, sustained by an elegance in the writing of the 19-year-old Matthew Lewis.
The book was banned upon its initial publication in 1796, but later caught the attention of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with Coleridge naming it "the offspring of no common genius".
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- Amir Hussain
- 29-03-24
Wonderful
If you love 18th and 19th century novels as I do, this is a must to add to the collection. Engaging, enthralling and intruiging, a wonderful slice of fantasy, occult, romance and melodrama from the 1700s. NB as always does an excellent job in bringing the story to life. Highly enjoyable
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- Anonymous User
- 27-01-24
Grate 10/10
Love this. It was a joy to listen to. A bit confusing with some of the story
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- Just
- 25-03-21
Wow!
This book is excellent. Truly. Matthew Lewis was just nineteen when he wrote this, what were you doing at nineteen? I was trying to figure out how to open bras with one hand, and deciding on the best excuse to use when calling in sick at my job and not get fired. Silly me; I could have been writing one of the greatest Gothic Novels of all time.
I could explain about the plot, the temptation and corruption of Ambrosio; or the subplot, the unjust fate of Agnes. Rather, I'll avoid giving spoilers and just say that anyone who thinks eighteenth century literature is boring needs to read this.
The narration is perfect. Highly recommend.
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- Irina Chesnokova
- 03-07-24
Absolute page-turner
Absolute page-turner, full of conflicting styles, bad taste, bizarre sense of humour and events that are not probable or even possible ))
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- Kirsty Henderson
- 07-11-21
Excellent book and excellent performance
I flew through this in around a week. Very impressed with the narration and the performer's ability to take on different characters one after the other. Highly recommend.
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- F Milner
- 22-07-23
A brilliant piece of true gothic horror
A fantastic story with a great, but not totally unexpected twist at the end.
Great narration by Nicholas Boulton as usual, although I do wish he’d pronounce the ‘h’ in hotel! The only things that let it down at all is the stanzas, particularly those that are sung!!! Completely unnecessary & don’t really bear any relevance to the story. Fast foreword through these & you’ll enjoy it
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