Author: W. Wilkie Collins ISBN 10: 0192821954. Title: Basil (The World's Classics) Item Condition: used item in a very good condition. Edition: 6th Impression List Price: -. Books will be free of page markings.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192821954
ISBN-139780192821959
eBay Product ID (ePID)57589
Product Key Features
Book TitleBasil
Number of Pages396 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1990
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorW. Wilkie Collins
Book SeriesThe ^Aworld's Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7.5 Oz
Item Length7.3 in
Item Width4.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-031674
Dewey Edition21
Dewey DecimalFIC
Synopsis"BASIL was the second work of fiction which I produced. On its appearance, it was condemned off-hand by a certain class of readers, as an outrage on their sense of propriety. . . ." -- Wilkie Collins, In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to Margaret Sherwin, and the consequent horrors of betrayal, insanity, and death, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the first half of the nineteenth century. Collins' treatment of adultery shocked contemporary reviewers, and even today the passionate and lurid atmosphere he created has the power to disturb the modern reader.