Basil: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Basil is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Collins, Wilkie (1824–1889).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Basil" by Wilkie Collins is a novel written in 1852. A young man from an aristocratic family falls in love at first sight with a shopkeeper's daughter and enters into a secret marriage. Bound by her father's strange condition to live apart for a year, Basil's patience is tested when the mysterious Mannion appears. Betrayal, violence, and a thirst for revenge follow as dark family secrets emerge, connecting these strangers in ways no one could have imagined. The story builds to a dramatic confrontation on the treacherous cliffs of Cornwall.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Basil
- Author credits: Collins, Wilkie (1824–1889)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- England -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Young men -- Psychology -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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