A revered Spanish abbot yields to lust and the Devil, tumbling from sanctity into rape, murder, and damnation.
Books mentioned in The Monk (10)
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare: “----Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; Scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone. Measure for Measure.”
The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare: “----These are the Villains Whom all the Travellers do fear so much. --------Some of them are Gentlemen Such as the fury of ungoverned Youth Thrust from the company of awful Men. Two Gentlemen of Verona.”
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “Avaunt! and quit my sight! Let the Earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold! Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which Thou dost glare with! Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal mockery hence! Macbeth.”
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare: “The crickets sing, and Man's o'er-laboured sense Repairs itself by rest: Our Tarquin thus Did softly press the rushes, ere He wakened The chastity He wounded--Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed! Fresh Lily! And whiter than the sheets! Cymbeline.”
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: “And Belerma and Durandarte is translated from some stanzas to be found in a collection of old Spanish poetry, which contains also the popular song of Gayferos and Melesindra, mentioned in Don Quixote.”
Perceforest: “I read the wearisome adventures of 'Perceforest,' 'Tirante the White,' 'Palmerin of England,' and 'the Knight of the Sun,' till the Book was on the point of falling from my hands through Ennui.”
Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell: “I read the wearisome adventures of 'Perceforest,' 'Tirante the White,' 'Palmerin of England,' and 'the Knight of the Sun,' till the Book was on the point of falling from my hands through Ennui.”
Palmerin of England by Francisco de Moraes: “I read the wearisome adventures of 'Perceforest,' 'Tirante the White,' 'Palmerin of England,' and 'the Knight of the Sun,' till the Book was on the point of falling from my hands through Ennui.”
Diana by Jorge de Montemayor: “Antonia sat by her embroidery frame, and Leonella, in a pastoral dress, held 'Montemayor's Diana.'”
Amadis of Gaul by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo: “Of this was Elvira so fully convinced, that She would have preferred putting into her Daughter's hands 'Amadis de Gaul,' or 'The Valiant Champion, Tirante the White;' and would sooner have authorised her studying the lewd exploits of 'Don Galaor,' or the lascivious jokes of the 'Damsel Plazer di mi vida.'”
Books that mention The Monk (1)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: “there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones, except The Monk; I read that t'other day”