{"product_id":"the-monk","title":"The Monk","description":"When Matthew Lewis's \u003ci\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic, set from the unexpurgated first edition of 1796, brings to a new generation of readers a timeless classic of gothic fiction that has influenced writers from Byron and Emily Brontë to Poe and Hawthorne.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515464462585,"sku":"9780375759161","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_e47d6190-91ee-47d0-97b2-0e753d4507a7.jpg?v=1781207821","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-monk","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}