修道士 (Friar)

《修道士》是刘易士19岁时创作的一部哥特式小说。作品以西班牙马德里一修道院为背景，讲述了一个关于野心，暴力，谋杀和乱伦的故事。作品的主人公，德高望重的修道院院长安布罗斯，见到美丽的姑娘安东尼娅之后，再也无法坚守誓约，遂设计勾引她，在一次对她非礼时，被其母亲撞见，因害怕事情暴露从而失去拥有的声望和地位，安布罗斯竟然残忍地杀死了安东尼娅的母亲。为了达到长期霸占安东尼娅的目的，在魔鬼的帮助策划下，安布罗斯施魔法让安东尼娅假死，并将她葬在修道院的墓地......。被捉拿的安布罗斯为了逃避被烧死在火刑柱上的惩罚，重获自由，竟将自己的灵魂出卖给魔鬼。但是，等待他的仍是一个痛苦而可悲的下场！(Friar is a Gothic novel created by Lewis in his 19 years old age. In the background of a monastery in Madrid, Spain, it tells a story about ambition, violence, murder and incest. The protagonist of the work, the noble dean of the monastery, Ambrose, after coming across the beautiful girl, Antonia, cannot hold the oath any longer, then trapping to seduce her, once when he was committing an indecent assault to her, her mother saw it, for fear of exposure so losing his prestige and status, Ambrose cruelly killed Antonia's mother. For the purpose of achieving a long-term forcible occupation of Antonia, with the help and planning of the devil, Ambrose conjured to get Antonia into a feign death, and buried her in the monastery cemetery...... in order to escape the punishment being burned to death at the burning stake and regain freedom, captured Ambrose sold his soul to the devil. However, what waiting for him is still a painful and sad end!)