Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Robe Release date is 2006-02-22

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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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Priesthood -- Fiction Chastity, Vow of -- Fiction Dueling -- Fiction

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