Awful disclosures /
of Maria Monk, as exhibited in a narrative of her sufferings during a residence of five years as a novice, and two years as a black nun in the Hotel Dieu nunnery at Montreal ; with additional information and confirmation. To which is added The nun; or six months' residence in a convent, by Rebecca Theresa Reed.

Description

Main Author

Monk, Maria, -1850.

Related Names

Reed, Rebecca Theresa, approximately 1813-
Hoyte, William K.
Slocum, J. J. (John Jay), 1803-1863.
Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for the Booksellers, [184-?]

Subjects

Ursuline Convent (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)
Montréal (Québec). > Montréal (Québec). / Hotel Dieu Nunnery.
Monastic and religious life of women.
Ex-nuns > Ex-nuns / Personal narratives.

Note

Maria Monk's personal narrative as related to Theodore Dwight. Has also been ascribed to John J. Slocum and to William K. Hoyte. cf. New York Herald, Aug. 12, 1836, p. 2, col. l; The Colophon, pt. 17, 1934; Sabin and Gagnon, P. Essai de bibl. can.

Physical Description

384 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., front. ; 19 cm.

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