/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16879731]

What's /lit/'s opinion on The Monk?

[Anonymous No.16880086]

I haven't read but when I bought it I remember the guy telling me Lewis was 22 or something when he wrote it. Crazy.

[Anonymous No.16880096]

>>16879731
What’s it about?

[Anonymous No.16880492]

>>16880096
THE monk

[Anonymous No.16880531]

>>16879731
not very good - the writing is only passable, the supernatural elements are rather laughable than awful, and everything dealing with Raymond and Lorenzo is mostly a slog
there are some great moments, like the episode of poetic criticism, the portrait of Ambrosio, and the final reveal - but not enough to justify the whole

[Anonymous No.16880543]

>>16880086
and he wrote it incredibly quickly, too, and this really shows

[Anonymous No.16880564]

Bong antipapist propaganda

[Anonymous No.16880586]

>>16880564
the pope is a hero in the book

[Anonymous No.16880674]

>>16879731
What books on this chart are high quality reads? I've read Frankenstein and seen Dracula in it's superior form as a Herzog movie so other than those two (though I'd be suspicious of someone who thought Frankenstein was a particularly good read in the first place).

[Anonymous No.16880695]

>>16880674
Wuthering heights is good

[Anonymous No.16880767]

How is this?

[Anonymous No.16881110]

>>16879731
I'm going to read it just because the cover art is so funny. Look at that demon fella carrying that hapless human.

[Anonymous No.16881120]

I just picked this up at the used bookstore yesterday. Is there anything I need to read before this?

[Anonymous No.16882219]

>>16879731
undergrad core

[Anonymous No.16882499]

>>16880767
Great

[Anonymous No.16882579]

>>16881110
I haven't read it but I have a copy because the cover art was funny and it was fill a bag for $5 so I thought fuck it. Pic related is the copy I own.

[Anonymous No.16882744]

>>16880767
Mostly terrible slog with a few shining moments that might make it worth a read.