The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (Paperback)

from Michael.Rimmer

I thought I was picking up a story of forbidden passion and sundered lovers, but instead got a portrait of religious hypocrisy and, intensely depicted, narcissitic obsession and objectification of the "loved" person as a recepticle for the emotions of the protagonist. It's clear that Bierce has n...

from starbox

93 p novella, purporting to be adapted from an ancient German text. Narrated by young monk Ambrosius, sent to a monastery in Alpine Bavaria. He he encounters the "untouchable" hangman and his lovely daughter Benedikta. She too is- by reason of her parentage- a social outcast, yet Ambrosius begins...

from passion4reading

**Warning: this review contains plot spoilers.** Franciscan monk Ambrosius is sent to the monastery in Passau deep in the Bavarian Alps with two of his brothers. In a clearing they encounter the hangman's daughter, and Ambrosius immediately is struck with her. Over the next few weeks, his brother...