Монах. Анаконда. Венецианский убийца

“Outrageous,” “provocative,” “sensational” — these are the epithets that have accompanied critics' reviews of the novel by English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis, “The Monk,” for two centuries. Upon its release in the spring of 1796, it simultaneously became a bestseller... and the cause of a loud public scandal. The story of the Spanish Capuchin monk Ambrosio — a new Faust, a victim of devilish machinations and a destroyer of others' lives — brought the twenty-year-old author a controversial reputation as an immoralist, an atheist, and at the same time the creator of a gothic tragic novel, foreshadowing the plot conflicts of romantic literature. This edition also includes various short stories, which are both original works by M. G. Lewis and his translations or adaptations of books by German authors. These fascinating works, in which the hand of the master is unmistakably discerned, are being translated into Russian for the first time

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Autorius: LJuIS M.G.

Publisher: Azbuka

Serija: Užsienio literatūra. Didelės knygos

Amžiaus ribos: 16+

Išleidimo metai: 2024

ISBN: 9785389244863

Puslapių skaičius: 800

Dydis: 217x146x40 mm mm

Viršelio tipas: Hard

Svoris: 938 g

ID: 1665337

“Outrageous,” “provocative,” “sensational” — these are the epithets that have accompanied critics' reviews of the novel by English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis, “The Monk,” for two centuries. Upon its release in the spring of 1796, it simultaneously became a bestseller and the cause of a loud public scandal. The story of the Spanish Capuchin monk Ambrosio — a new Faust, a victim of devilish machinations and a destroyer of others' lives — brought the twenty-year-old author a controversial reputation as an immoralist, an atheist, and at the same time the creator of a gothic tragic novel, foreshadowing the plot conflicts of romantic literature. This edition also includes various short stories, which are both original works by M. G. Lewis and his translations or adaptations of books by German authors. These fascinating works, in which the hand of the master is unmistakably discerned, are being translated into Russian for the first time