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Basil

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Original author: Wilkie Collins

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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.

Basil, by Wilkie Collins. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #4605.

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18 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,559 words
  2. 2.Part I: I (1)8,740 words
  3. 3.Part I: I (2)8,754 words
  4. 4.Part I: I (3)8,820 words
  5. 5.Part I: I (4)5,654 words
  6. 6.Part II: I (1)8,859 words
  7. 7.Part II: I (2)8,858 words
  8. 8.Part II: I (3)4,130 words
  9. 9.Part III: I (1)8,863 words
  1. 10.Part III: I (2)8,815 words
  2. 11.Part III: I (3)8,825 words
  3. 12.Part III: I (4)8,800 words
  4. 13.Part III: I (5)8,824 words
  5. 14.Part III: I (6)8,812 words
  6. 15.Part III: I (7)658 words
  7. 16.Letter I1,141 words
  8. 17.Letter II: From Mary Penhale to Her Husband1,250 words
  9. 18.Letter III2,526 words