The monk /
Matthew Lewis.
- New edition / edited by Howard Anderson ; revised and with an introduction and notes by Nick Groom.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- 1 online resource (liii, 357 pages).
- Oxford world's classics .
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions tempts its main character into breaking his vows.