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M. G. Lewis
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Born 1775 in London · Died 1818 in Atlantic Ocean
writer, novelist, poet, playwright · Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom
Notable works: The Monk
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- The Monk: A Romance
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The Monk: A Romance
From Project Gutenberg e-text #601 (public domain in the USA).
Man was born for society. However little He may be attached to the World, He never can wholly forget it, or bear to be wholly forgotten by it.
— the Friar · Chapter II
Ambrosio was yet to learn, that to an heart unacquainted with her, Vice is ever most dangerous when lurking behind the Mask of Virtue.