The Monk ---by Matthew ( G / Gregory ) Lewis, Introduction By Stephen King - Volume 22 of the Oxford World Classics Series by Lewis, Matthew ( G / Gregory ), Introduction By Stephen King - 2002

England / USA: Oxford, UK / N.Y. / New York: Oxford University Press ( OUP ), 2002, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2002. -----------hardcover, about 4.25w x 6.5h inches,a Fine example in a Fine dustjacket, scarce, introduction by Stephen King is about 11 pages long, The Monk is a classic of Gothic literature and among the most depraved of any book I have read...I loved it!!!, ---The classic, late-eighteenth-century horror novel described as lewd and libidinous at the time of its original publication in 1796 tells the story of a monk-turned-serial killer who rapes and kills women, is sentenced to death by the Inquisition, and sells his soul to the devil, ---When Matthew Lewis’s The Monk was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis’s story, which drove the House of Commons—of which he was a member—to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot Ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young girl who has concealed herself in his monastery disguised as a boy. As Ambrosio spirals into hell, the reader encounters an array of haunting characters: the innocent virgin, the Bleeding Nun, the Wandering Jew, an evil prioress, and Lucifer himself, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 6.5h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.