Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse vs The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, ..: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse Jan Potocki · 1950 ★★★★☆ 4.1 292 pages · ≈ 5 h 24 m · Moderate

A set of tales within a tale of a wandering a French army officer's encounters of the supernatural as he travels after the siege of Saragossa. According to the preface by Roger Caillois, it was originally published in…

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Cover of The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, .. The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, .. Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1794 ★★★★☆ 3.8 445 pages · ≈ 8 h 14 m · Demanding

The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature', wrote Sir Walter Scott. Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and…

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Pages 292 445

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