Monk

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775 - 1818) was known primarily as a playwright and poet of the circle of Byron and Shelley. However, the real glory was brought to him by the novel "Monk", written in his youth and became a bestseller and the reason for the loud public scandal. "Monk" is one of the four great books of the first wave of "Gothic" literature, which had a direct influence on the "Italian" A. Radcliffe, "Elixirs of Satan" E. T. A. Hoffmann and "Melmatian of the wanderer", C. R. Matyurin,
Brother Ambrosio, a heightenedly believer of the Spanish monk, known for the power of his sermons, is unable to confront the passion for the beauty Matilde. But under the guise of a girl to the monk, an insidious demon appeared, sent by Satan himself, in order not only to tempt the righteous, but to turn him into a great sinner who violates all God"s and human laws. And now, the Ambrosio has a painful choice: to succumb to the temptation of darkness or to remain faithful to a difficult but righteous path?