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Basil

Wilkie Collins

Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

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Summary

A young aristocrat falls in love with a shopkeeper’s daughter and is forced to hide his marriage to her from his relatives because of the existing class inequality. The hero of the novel is subjected to countless trials, which lead some of the characters to a tragic end.
Available since: 03/08/2022.
Print length: 366 pages.

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