| The Monk: A Romance Contributor(s): Lewis, M. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1512112836 ISBN-13: 9781512112832 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.12 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Gothic |
| Dewey: 823.6 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.68 lbs) 126 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scarcely had the Abbey Bell tolled for five minutes, and already was the Church of the Capuchins thronged with Auditors. Do not encourage the idea that the Crowd was assembled either from motives of piety or thirst of information. But very few were influenced by those reasons; and in a city where superstition reigns with such despotic sway as in Madrid, to seek for true devotion would be a fruitless attempt. The Audience now assembled in the Capuchin Church was collected by various causes, but all of them were foreign to the ostensible motive. The Women came to show themselves, the Men to see the Women: |