{"product_id":"9780375759161","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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Matthew Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45894831964372,"sku":"9780375759161","price":33.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4b4c0700-d0e7-431a-95ed-8aa4b7fbdcc0.jpg?v=1732461231","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780375759161","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}