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<p><b><i>The Monk: A Romance</i></b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Gothic_fiction">Gothic novel</a> by <a href="page.php?w=Matthew_Gregory_Lewis">Matthew Gregory Lewis</a>, published in 1796 across three volumes. Written early in Lewis's career, it was published anonymously when he was 20. It tells the story of a virtuous <a href="page.php?w=Catholic_monk">Catholic monk</a> who gives in to his violent and lustful urges, setting off a chain of events that leave him damned. It is a prime example of the type of <a href="page.php?w=Gothic_fiction">Gothic</a></p><p>
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