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Matthew Gregory Lewis
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English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

Also known as: Matthew Lewis, M. G. Lewis, M.G. Lewis, Мэтью Грегори Льюис, ماثيو لويس, 매슈 루이스

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Known works

  • The Evil Image
  • The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, .. (1796)
  • The Bravo of Venice
  • Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror (1963)
  • The Nightmare Reader (1973)