NMLP P-036112 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Monk: A Romance

Matthew Gregory Lewis · J. Bell (London) · 1796

Contemporary references to the novel do not begin until March 1796, which is why modern scholarship prefers 1796 over the older, unsupported claim of an 1795 date - no copy dated 1795 has ever surfaced

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036112 for "The Monk: A Romance" by Matthew Gregory Lewis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036112, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).