The Monk
- Book ID:
- 8308
- Title:
- The Monk
- Author:
- 'Lewis, Matthew'
- ISBN number:
- 9780198704454
- Publisher name:
- Oxford University Press
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Edition number:
- ?
- Book type:
- Paperback
- First edition date:
- 1796
- Pages:
- 357
- Dewey decimal number:
- 808.83 LEW
- Dust jacket:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Photographs:
- No
- Illustrations:
- No
- Bibliography:
- No
- Height (cm):
- 19.5
- Width (cm):
- 13
- Notes:
Classic (and somewhat notorious) Gothic novel.
Includes an interesting 'Danish ballad' (pp. 223-5) recounting the legend of a water spirit carrying off a young girl with the help of his mother, a witch.
Inscribed by the author of the Introduction, Nick Groom.
Donated by Brigitte Ariel Newman.