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The Black Robe

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Original author: Wilkie Collins

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"The Black Robe" by Wilkie Collins is a novel published in 1881. After accidentally killing a man in a duel, Lewis Romayne returns to England haunted by the victim's brother's screams. When he falls in love with Stella Eyrecourt, a Catholic priest named Father Benwell schemes to convert Romayne and claim his ancestral estate for the Church. The novel explores manipulation, faith, and loyalty through its controversial anti-Catholic lens.

The Black Robe, by Wilkie Collins. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1587.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter11,340 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Confidences2,574 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Jesuits1,867 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Introduction to Romayne2,396 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Father Benwell Hits1,327 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Father Benwell Misses2,205 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The Order of the Dishes2,195 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Influence of Stella1,662 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Priest or the Woman?2,711 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: The Public and the Pictures776 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: Father Benwell’s Correspondence2,266 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Stella Asserts Herself1,720 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: The General’s Family3,879 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Father Benwell’s Correspondence358 words
  15. 15.Chapter I: The Sandwich Dance2,041 words
  16. 16.Chapter II: The Question of Marriage2,449 words
  17. 17.Chapter III: The End of the Ball1,434 words
  18. 18.Chapter IV: In the Small Hours2,778 words
  19. 19.Chapter I: The Honeymoon959 words
  1. 20.Chapter II: Events at Ten Acres2,331 words
  2. 21.Chapter III: Father Benwell and the Book2,086 words
  3. 22.Chapter IV: The End of the Honeymoon2,780 words
  4. 23.Chapter V: Father Benwell’s Correspondence7,794 words
  5. 24.Chapter I: The Breach Is Widened1,173 words
  6. 25.Chapter II: A Christian Jesuit3,025 words
  7. 26.Chapter III: Winterfield Returns2,471 words
  8. 27.Chapter IV: Father Benwell’s Correspondence1,588 words
  9. 28.Chapter V: Bernard Winterfield’s Correspondence521 words
  10. 29.Chapter VI: The Saddest of All Words1,682 words
  11. 30.Chapter VII: The Impulsive Sex2,170 words
  12. 31.Chapter VIII: Father Benwell’s Correspondence175 words
  13. 32.Chapter I: Mrs. Eyreco Urt’s Discovery2,314 words
  14. 33.Chapter II: The Seed Is Sown1,220 words
  15. 34.Chapter III: The Harvest Is Reaped3,006 words
  16. 35.Chapter IV: On the Road to Rome (1)8,698 words
  17. 36.Chapter IV: On the Road to Rome (2)8,806 words
  18. 37.Chapter IV: On the Road to Rome (3)5,216 words