'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 incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal his guilt. Inspired by German horror romanticism and the work of Ann Radcliffe, Lewis produced his masterpiece at the age of nineteen. It contains many typical Gothic elements - seduction in a monastery, lustful monks, evil Abbesses, bandits and beautiful heroines. But, as the Introduction to this new edition shows, Lewis also played with convention, ranging from gruesome realism to social comedy, and even parodied the genre in which he was writing. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
会有点疑惑,哥特式小说的荒诞、恐怖放在今天的大环境下,是不是有点过时和不与时俱进? 剧情的发展很简单,总是一个人、一个时间点就能触发情节的发展。人都不可能是完美的,总有这样那些缺点,如果我老是抱着完美的态度对待,那不是自己给自己找不痛快么?但...
评分序言中译者认为作者对待安布罗西奥的纵欲和艾格尼丝的过错有失公平。但是我们应该看到的是艾格尼丝是因为爱情而一时犯错,成为修女本就违背她的意愿。而安布罗西奥则完全被欲望所驱使,她先是从玛蒂尔达得到欢愉,但是这却不是出自于爱情,因为他很快便厌恶了玛蒂尔达,而后对...
评分小说具有哥特小说的几大重要元素--幽闭的空间,被囚禁的女性,和哥特恶棍等,同时也影射了一些重要的问题,比如宗教和宗教人员的堕落,以及强制的禁欲主义所带来的恶果(这一点甚至让人想起奥古斯丁的《忏悔录》里的反面的例证似的回应)。但是小说的硬伤不少,第一在于叙事结...
评分出于对哥特式文学早先时期作品的好奇 我打开了这本富有“浮士德”意味的书… 是一本讲德高望重的修道院院长逐渐堕落的故事 作者19岁时写下了它 文法略显稚嫩 情节也有些无(ě)语(xīn)不能登上文学之大雅之堂 仅可作为消遣读物来阅读 但不得不说 这部作品为后世的哥特风格...
评分会有点疑惑,哥特式小说的荒诞、恐怖放在今天的大环境下,是不是有点过时和不与时俱进? 剧情的发展很简单,总是一个人、一个时间点就能触发情节的发展。人都不可能是完美的,总有这样那些缺点,如果我老是抱着完美的态度对待,那不是自己给自己找不痛快么?但...
两条情节线脱离稍严重,人物过多有点让人混乱。不过语言流畅自然,一口气读下去不带喘,还算过瘾啦。
评分格调低 像童话 又没有教育意义 语言勉强能看
评分无甚吐槽点
评分Too much plots that I can’t even identify which is the main plot and which is subplot......innocent women are tortured cruelly while men have so many opportunities to get away with punishment.
评分无甚吐槽点
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