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In post-war East Midlands, in a home dominated by their difficult grandmother and aunt, Yvette and Lucille are two sisters struggling to bring joy into their lives. Their mother, having run off in scandal, leaves the two to suffer a dysfunctional family life and oppressive domesticity. But one day, Yvette meets a free-spirited gypsy and his family, awakening her sexual desires and compounding her disenchantment.

The Monk written by Matthew Lewis performed by Nicholas Boulton and Georgina Sutton on Audio CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN: 9781094016405
Genre - Main: Fiction
Genre - Specific: Classic English
Duration: 900 mins
Length: Unabridged
Author: Matthew Lewis
Performer 1: Nicholas Boulton
Performer 2: Georgina Sutton
Rarity: Rare

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A masterpiece of gothic fiction, The Monk is a cautionary tale of madness, horror, lust, and despair. Father Ambrosio, the most pious and venerated monk in all of Madrid, is held as a paragon of virtue. But after thirty years of study and prayer, evil thoughts begin to permeate his mind. As two plots cleverly...

converge, torture, murder, incest, rape, poison, and magic prevail, sustained by an elegance in the writing of the nineteen-year-old Matthew Lewis.

The book was banned upon its initial publication in 1796, but later caught the attention of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with Coleridge naming it “the offspring of no common genius.”

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