The beautiful mystery vs The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, ..: Which Should You Read?

The beautiful mystery Louise Penny · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.5 504 pages · ≈ 9 h 20 m · Moderate

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend…

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…