NMLP P-036115 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-09

The Monk: A Romance

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

The expurgated fourth edition (1798) and all reprints descended from it soften or omit passages that provoked the original prosecution threat; only the unexpurgated 1796 first and second editions carry Lewis's original, uncensored text.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-036115 for "The Monk: A Romance" by Matthew Gregory Lewis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036115, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).