ISBN: 54c867fbdd5ff3b08c3aaf09f86b1872

'The Black Robe' combines some aim at psychological analysis with great inventiveness. Mr. Wilkie Collins never writes carelessly; and in this instance he has been especially careful. The… mais…

'The Black Robe' combines some aim at psychological analysis with great inventiveness. Mr. Wilkie Collins never writes carelessly; and in this instance he has been especially careful. The great point of the piece is the peculiar mental haunting by a voice of one Romagne, who has killed a man in a duel; and a secondary interest, which is admirably worked out, is the contest between the Church of Rome, as embodied in the person of Father Benwell and Mr. Penrose, and love, as embodied in the person of a Miss Eyrecourt. It is necessary to say that Romagne, in the course of time, has become a man of considerable property, else he could not have the close attention of either party. The Jesuitical scheming of the Romanists and the astute forecast of Miss Eyrecourt are equally well done; and it goes without saying that there are some admirable underplots, with groups of characters, who are all sketched with that kind of decisive completeness which almost makes us doubt of their reality. Mr. Wilkie Collins's stories, however, do not depend on such tests as these: they are unreal in relation to any other world save that which lies in the mind of the artist; and it is sufficient testimony to his power when we say that if you once begin to read, you must read on; for not only does one incident develop itself out of another, but there is a glamour cast over your saner mind which sometimes makes you question how you could have been so deeply interested as you really are. For around a most conventional ideal world Mr. Wilkie Collins groups so many associations and forms of everyday life?reinforces his improbabilities by the most actual-looking letters and so on?that we are completely taken possession of, and the highest tribute of praise to him is to say that he lays hold of universal springs of interest, though he really ought hardly to do so. Classics woman in white, Jezebel's Daughter, blind love, the moonstone, wilkie collins works, armadale, Heart and Science, wilkie collins novels, My Lady's Money, I Say No , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English Literature, Jazzybee Verlag<

ISBN: 54c867fbdd5ff3b08c3aaf09f86b1872

From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man's hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance... Lewis Romayne has just returned… mais…

From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man's hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance... Lewis Romayne has just returned to Vange Abbey, his home in England, after a traumatic experience in France that still haunts him. Trying to shake his memories of a fatal duel, Romayne visits London, where he meets and falls in love with his future bride. But he soon finds himself the object of one man's obsession. Father Benwell, a priest, is determined to convert Romayne to the Catholic faith in order to regain the abbey, the latter man's home, which once belonged to the church. Benwell will do anything to accomplish his goal?even sabotage Romayne's new marriage by exposing a hidden scandal. As this riveting drama unfolds, Romayne must finally decide who is truly entitled to his heart, his soul, and his property. European Literary Collections , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English Literature, Perlego<

ISBN: 54c867fbdd5ff3b08c3aaf09f86b1872

From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man's hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance... Lewis Romayne has just returned… mais…

From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man's hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance... Lewis Romayne has just returned to Vange Abbey, his home in England, after a traumatic experience in France that still haunts him. Trying to shake his memories of a fatal duel, Romayne visits London, where he meets and falls in love with his future bride. But he soon finds himself the object of one man's obsession. Father Benwell, a priest, is determined to convert Romayne to the Catholic faith in order to regain the abbey, the latter man's home, which once belonged to the church. Benwell will do anything to accomplish his goal—even sabotage Romayne's new marriage by exposing a hidden scandal. As this riveting drama unfolds, Romayne must finally decide who is truly entitled to his heart, his soul, and his property. European Literary Collections DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Literature, Perlego<

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ISBN: 54c867fbdd5ff3b08c3aaf09f86b1872

308 Seiten, Rose-Belford