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Lewis, Matthew Gregory

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Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

English writer. He was known as ‘Monk’ Lewis from his Gothic horror romance The Monk 1796; subsequent editions were expurgated. He also wrote plays, including The Castle Spectre 1798, and poems.

He was born in London, educated at Westminister and Oxford, and served as attaché to the British embassy in The Hague 1794.
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