Um die flammend vorgetragenen Predigten des Mönchs Ambrosio zu hören, strömen die Gläubigen, besonders weibliche Gläubige, von weither herbei. Doch der vermeintlichen Lichtgestalt sind auch die dunklen Seiten und Abgründe des...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by...

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) was a British author. From Westminster School, he passed to Christ Church, Oxford. Already he was busy over tales and plays, and wrote at college a farce, never acted, a comedy, The East Indian, and also...