Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

The story revolves around a devoted monk, Ambrosio, who is tempted to break his sacred vows when a young man, Rosario, reveals that he is a woman, also known as "Matilda," and comes to the monastery and disguises himself as a nun to become closer to him. Caught between two strong plotlines—one being a struggle between sexual desire and religious integrity—Ambrosio soon succumbs to the temptations he has sought his entire life to shun. It is one of the most important Gothic novels of its time, often imitated and adapted for stage and the screen.

The author was only nineteen years old when he wrote this. It's a really good gothic novel and reads quickly, even though it's long.

This one is appealing but I won't have time to add it in this month. Glad to have learned of it though

Rosemarie wrote: "The author was only nineteen years old when he wrote this. It's a really good gothic novel and reads quickly, even though it's long."
Yeah, that's impressive.

Jen wrote: "This one is appealing but I won't have time to add it in this month. Glad to have learned of it though"
There are always too many books. Hopefully you can get to it later.

I finished Volume 1.
(view spoiler)[Ambrosio is bitten by a "serpent" called a "cientipedoro". I assume that's a garden of eden thing but the whole thing is weird. Is it a snake or a centipede? And I just looked it up. Appaerntly cientipedoro is Portuguese for scientist. (hide spoiler)]

That is weird!

I finished the story of the bloody nun. That was a long diversion but a pretty good story on it's own.

I enjoyed this. It reminded me a lot of Faust(part one), which I see was published twelve years later.

(view spoiler)[I was going to say this book was really antiwoman, and it is to a point, but it turns out Matilda is a demon, not a woman obsessed with corrupting Ambrosio.


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