Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1796
Ambrosio's fall in Madrid. Read The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis page by page and explore its network of 1,694 people, places and things.
Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book, I see thee cast a wishful look, Where reputations won and lost are In famous row called Paternoster. Incensed to find your precious olio Buried in unexplored port-folio, You scorn the prudent lock and key, And pant well bound and gilt to see Your Volume in the window set Of Stockdale, Hookham, or Debrett.
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