Basil (1852) - Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

Category: Classic

Narrator: Nicholas Boulton

Tags: Classic, Literature, Adults

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins Release date: 06-17-22 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, Appearing in 1852, Basil was Wilkie Collinss second published novel., The eponymous narrator is emotionally torn between two women: Margaret Sherwin and his sister Clara. His marriage to Margaret, a drapers sexually precocious daughter, is to remain secret and unconsummated for the first year, as agreed with her father., Anticipating Collinss later sensation novels, the plot involves betrayal, insanity and death, with a thrilling conclusion set among the cliffs and whirlpools near Lands End. The book was received with shock upon its publication, most especially due to its treatment of adultery., The story depends very heavily on chance and fate to draw these tragedy-bound characters into one anothers spheres. When you have accepted that element, you must concede that anyone would be as foolish and headstrong as Basil over a woman he cant even say he barely knows (as he does not know her in the least when