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Basil

by Wilkie Collins

Basil (1852) is the second novel written by British author Wilkie Collins, after Antonina.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1852

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William Wilkie Collins  was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859), and for The Moonstone (1868), which has been called the first modern English detective novel. B...

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