The Monk

ISBN: 9780198704454 出版年：2016 页码：417 Lewis, Matthew Groom, Nick Oxford University Press

The Monk (1796) is a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. It tells of the pious monk Ambrosio's descent into depravity, his passion leading to rape, blasphemy, black magic, incest, and murder. Its sensational story also reflects the terrors of the French Revolution.