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| caption = Pride goeth before the fall indeed.
| author = Matthew Gregory Lewis
| central theme = Pride open the door to the other sins
| elevator pitch = A prideful monk is seduced by an apprentice of his, and soon his obsessions and his eroding morals damage the people on his orbit.
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| genre = Gothic horror
| publication date = 1796
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Madrid, Spain, in the time of the [[Spanish Inquisition]]. Mere minutes after the cathedral doors open, the pews are packed with people who have come to hear the famous monk Ambrosio give his sermon. Ambrosio is young, [[Sexy Priest|handsome]], and considered incorruptible because he has never broken a rule of his order. But Ambrosio, for all his holiness, is a proud man. In the crowd waiting to hear Ambrosio are a [[The Ingenue|young girl]], Antonia, and her [[Maiden Aunt]], Leonella, who meet a pair of young and gallant men, Don Lorenzo and Don Christoval. Antonia and Lorenzo fall in [[Love At First Sight]] and Lorenzo vows to marry her.
 
After his sermon, Ambrosio meets a [[The Apprentice (trope)||young student of his]] named Rosario, but it seems to him that Rosario is out of sorts today. Indeed, Rosario tells him a sad story of [[I Have This Friend|his sister]] Matilda who loved a man who spurned her, and she died. When Ambrosio is sympathetic to Matilda's tragedy, Rosario reveals that [[Sweet Polly Oliver|he is actually Matilda]] and [[Stalker with a Crush|Ambrosio is her beloved]]. Ambrosio tells her to leave the monastery at once, but her determination to [[Driven to Suicide|kill herself]] if she has to leave makes him waver. Slowly but surely, Matilda convinces Ambrosio that she should be allowed to stay, even though she's a woman. That it would not be a problem for them to love each other. That it would not be a sin to [[Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny|break their vows of chastity]].
 
But this is only the beginning of Ambrosio's descent into sin, and soon all of their paths will collide tragically. [[It Got Worse]] is an understatement.
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