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Matthew Lewis: The Monk (Unabridged)

read by Nicholas Boulton with Georgina Sutton

Matthew Lewis: The Monk (Unabridged)

Matthew Lewis: The Monk (Unabridged)

read by Nicholas Boulton with Georgina Sutton

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A masterpiece of gothic fiction, The Monk is a cautionary tale of madness, horror, lust and despair. Father Ambrosi, the most pious and venerated monk in all of Madrid, is held as a paragon of virtue. But after thirty years of study and prayer, evil thoughts begin to permeate his mind... As two plots cleverly converge, torture, murder, incest, rape, poison and magic prevail, sustained by an elegance in the writing of the nineteen-year-old Matthew Lewis. The book was banned upon its initial publication in 1796 but later caught the attention of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with Coleridge naming it "the offspring of now common genius". Nicholas Boulton's remarkable fluency and beauty of tone defy the listener to take a break from this gripping tale!

Contents and tracklist

Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk (Unabridged)
Work length14:58:12
The Monk
Track length4:38
Volume 1. Chapter 1
Track length10:53
Lorenzo gazed upon her with mingled surprise…
Track length10:40
Luckily for Antonia's ignorance…
Track length11:26
As she said this, she extended a lean…
Track length10:46
When he woke, he found himself extended…
Track length10:33
The old lady continued her discourse to Antonia…
Track length9:53
Chapter 2
Track length5:04
Here his reverie was interrupted…
Track length9:34
His words sounded like thunder to her ears…
Track length10:37
As he said this, he pointed to a marble tablet…
Track length12:01
As he uttered these words, he sobbed audibly.
Track length9:50
She ceased. While she spoke…
Track length11:21
He awoke, heated and unrefreshed.
Track length8:57
The friar was unable to reply…
Track length7:01
She soon returned with it.
Track length10:52
Matilda again quitted her seat…
Track length10:12
The morning dawned.
Track length13:40
Chapter 3
Track length9:49
I followed the duke's advice…
Track length10:34
We were conversing in this manner…
Track length8:09
At that moment a thousand confused ideas…
Track length9:39
The permission which our host demanded…
Track length10:40
No sooner was this horrible but necessary act…
Track length9:22
'One fatal night he was brought back…'
Track length10:32
Volume 2. Chapter 1
Track length10:01
One evening, I was alone with Donna Rodolpha…
Track length11:48
The singularity of this account insensibly…
Track length9:03
As my chaise drove out of the court…
Track length12:03
In the meanwhile Theodore assisted me…
Track length10:19
I stepped into the carriage, where Agnes…
Track length11:16
The singularity of my adventure…
Track length11:40
Theodore was surprised at the vivacity…
Track length10:00
He let the hand drop slowly…
Track length9:54
Lorenzo here interrupted his friend's narrative.
Track length10:15
The prioress advanced, and seated herself…
Track length8:48
I retired, filled with confusion and inquietude.
Track length7:58
Chapter 2
Track length12:14
The marquis returned the paper with a smile…
Track length8:58
On his entrance he found Elvira…
Track length12:15
Regularly every day did Lorenzo visit the convent…
Track length11:27
The Exile
Track length15:03
Chapter 3
Track length11:22
The night arrived.
Track length10:13
With every instant Ambrosio's amazement…
Track length11:15
For a time spare diet, frequent watching…
Track length11:56
He threw himself into a chair…
Track length12:15
'Even before he spoke,' said Elvira…
Track length9:40
Chapter 4
Track length9:48
This was an untruth, but she was unconscious…
Track length10:15
At this precise moment there was no one…
Track length12:08
With these words she drew from beneath her…
Track length9:15
His lips trembled while he obeyed her.
Track length10:04
Volume 3. Chapter 1
Track length11:52
'But at least,' said the old Porteress…
Track length9:37
The youth ceased to sing.
Track length9:37
Elvira, whose inquietude…
Track length10:22
Terror, confusion, and disappointment…
Track length8:54
Chapter 2
Track length9:57
At length she resolved to address herself…
Track length12:08
The perusal of this story was ill calculated…
Track length10:26
'Oh! reverend father! such an accident!…'
Track length10:37
So strong an impression had the spectre…
Track length10:01
No sooner were matins over, than he bent…
Track length12:38
He paced the chamber up and down in silence.
Track length12:31
Chapter 3
Track length8:57
His heart being now at ease, Lorenzo gazed…
Track length8:21
The indignation created by this account…
Track length9:32
Here St. Ursula ended her narrative.
Track length10:06
It proceeded from the lamp which flamed…
Track length11:05
Not being convinced that his destruction…
Track length11:50
While he listened to her melancholy accents…
Track length11:49
Chapter 4
Track length7:56
Gradually he felt the bosom…
Track length9:29
The sound of her foot-steps roused the monk…
Track length10:30
On seeing a stranger enter…
Track length9:09
In the meanwhile, though closely pursued…
Track length7:55
Her persuasions induced Virginia to lay aside…
Track length9:36
Conclusion of the History of Agnes…
Track length11:28
She gazed upon me with angry eyes.
Track length11:46
My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes…
Track length14:27
Here Agnes ceased; and the marquis replied…
Track length5:03
Chapter 5
Track length15:10
The day of his second examination was at hand.
Track length11:51
Ambrosio, rather dead than alive, was left alone…
Track length14:26
In the meanwhile, the gaoler was thrown…
Track length11:10
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