The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (Oneworld Classics)

Ambrose Bierce

ISBN 10: 1847490700 / ISBN 13: 9781847490704

Edité par Oneworld Classics Ltd 01/09/2008, 2008

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (Oneworld Classics)
• Éditeur: Oneworld Classics Ltd 01/09/2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1847490700
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781847490704
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

On arriving at a rural monastery, the monk Ambrosius meets a young girl, Benedicta. She is shunned by the local community for being the daughter of the local hangman, but Ambrosius is drawn into a dangerous sympathy with her, and in defiance of the community and his superiors, he starts spending time alone with her. But when her virtue is corrupted by an impetuous young man, the stage is set for a battle between heart, mind, body, spirit, the sins of the past and redemption.Allegedly a rewriting from a lost German original, Ambrose Bierce's 1892 novel reads as a seamless, almost folktale-like masterpiece.

À propos de l?auteur

A veteran of the American Civil War who fought at Shiloh and Chickamauga in the Union ranks, Bierce became one of America's best-known writers and journalists, admired for his insolent, entertaining and sometimes courageous columns. In 1913 he set off for Mexico, then in the throes of revolution, and was never seen again. Ralph Steadman is the author of many illustrated books including Sigmund Freud, I Leonardo, The Big I Am, The Scar-Strangled Banner, Alice and Animal Farm. His most recent publication is the novel, Doodaaa.