The Monk: A Romance

So over the top with lusty monks, cruel nuns, poison plots, debauchery, rape, murder, torch carrying mobs, Inquisition torture, deals with the Devil. It is hard to believe that this book was written in 1796. Like nothing I've read before. It outdoes Frankenstein in its use of Gothic elements. It would have been 5 stars but there are quite a few long passages that drag on before returning us to the exquisite depravity.