Wilkie Collins novel Basil was his second lengthy fiction work published in 1852 devoted to Charles Ward. It was his first modern novel. An early novel by Wilkie Collins, Basil depicts the story of a young gentleman from a rich traditional family. Basil falls in love at first sight with the beautiful seventeenyearold Margaret Sherwin. The daughter of a tanner, Margaret belongs to a much lower social status than Basil. Basils father is a very reputated man and, knowing his fathers hostility towards those who marry below their status, Basil keeps his affair a secret even from Clara, the sister he loves. When Basil meets Margarets father and tells his desire to marry her. Mr. Sherwin takes a promise from Basil that he will marry Margaret at once but will not accomplish the marriage for a year and during the period Margaret will stay back to his home. Astonishingly, Basil accepts all these conditions , he intensely adores Margaret, he marries her and meets her daily. Whilst he is visiting Margaret he becomes familiar with his fatherinlaws chief clerk, Mr. Mannion, a very gentle goodlooking middleaged man who appears to have a impressive effect on Margaret and her mother. But is the pretty Margaret as attractive and virtuous as she appears?

Binding: Paperback;296 pages; Publisher: Repro India Limited; Classification: FA; Weight: 503 g; Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 22

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