{"product_id":"the-demon-of-sicily-a-romance-200th-anniversary-edition-9781934555118","title":"The Demon of Sicily: A Romance (200th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\"Infinitely more extravagant than \u003ci\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- Montague Summers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Outstanding among the many pallid imitations of \u003ci\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/i\u003e...the Gothic's Gothic of the first decade of the nineteenth century.\" -- Prof. Frederick S. Frank, \u003ci\u003eThe First Gothics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Devil stalks the monastery of Santa Catherina in the form of the mysterious Demon of Sicily, seeking new souls to plunge into everlasting torment. He sets his sights on Father Bernardo, a young priest questioning his vows, and Sister Agatha, a depraved and licentious nun. The Demon, a supernatural being of seemingly unlimited power, promises Bernardo and Agatha fulfilment of their wanton sexual urges, in exchange for their souls  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by M. G. Lewis's \u003ci\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Demon of Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e outdoes Lewis's novel in its outrageous depiction of sex and violence. Featuring a parade of victims who are kidnapped, imprisoned, impaled, decapitated, drowned, rent asunder by demons, and burnt at the stake, \u003ci\u003eThe Demon of Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to astonish readers even today, two hundred years after its first publication  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 200th Anniversary Edition includes the unabridged text of the rare 1807 first edition, together with seventeen lurid illustrations from the 1839 edition published by the infamous pornographer William Dugdale. This edition also features a new foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist Jo Beverley, whose heroine reads \u003ci\u003eThe Demon of Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e in her novel \u003ci\u003eAn Arranged Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857113682194,"sku":"9781934555118","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a3d9513-fc6f-4887-9109-f4acc473e851.jpg?v=1737521941","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-demon-of-sicily-a-romance-200th-anniversary-edition-9781934555118","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}