Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk; or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed Together with The Nun; or, Six Months' Residence in a Convent by Rebecca Theresa Reed, Late Inmate of the Ursuline Convent, Mount Benedict, Charlestown Massachusetts Together with Supplement to Six Months in a Convent [1]

[Slocum, Rev. J. J.] Rebecca Theresa Reed [Maria Monk]

Published by Published by T. B. Peterson 101 Chestnut Street, First Philadelphia Edition . 1836., 1836

About this Item

Hard back binding in dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and upper panel. 8vo 7'' x 4¼'' 196 pp. Illustrated with upwards of forty monochrome engravings. This edition not in Sabin. The authorship was attributed to the Rev. J. J. Slocum, and it was published simultaneously in America and England under slightly different titles. The 'London Literary Gazette' in 1851 stated ''that since the first appearance of Maria Monk's 'Disclosures' in 1836, from 200,000 to 250,000 copies have been put in circulation.'' The horrifying scenes it describes allegedly took place at the Hotel Dieu Nunnery at Montreal; these include the illicit relations between nuns and the neighbouring monks; infanticide; torture; murder; etc. Rebinding condition with upper hinge broken and first pages loose, snagging of cloth across spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Seller Inventory # 26997

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk; or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed Together with The Nun; or, Six Months' Residence in a Convent by Rebecca Theresa Reed, Late Inmate of the Ursuline Convent, Mount Benedict, Charlestown Massachusetts Together with Supplement to Six Months in a Convent [1]
• Publisher: Published by T. B. Peterson 101 Chestnut Street, First Philadelphia Edition . 1836.
• Publication Date: 1836
• Binding: Hardcover