{"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":"Default Title","offer_id":46626109718720,"sku":"9780375759161","price":17.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/5231\/5584\/files\/9780375759161.jpg?v=1754005847","url":"https:\/\/bookpop.shop\/products\/the-monk","provider":"Book Pop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}