Basil [electronic resource]
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-18892014
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When a young aristocrat negotiates a secret marriage to a seventeen-year-old girl, he assents to her father's condition that they not live together for the first year. However, the consequences are tragic for all involved when, the year almost up, Basil catches his bride in a compromising position. A story of love at first sight, Basil was the second novel from Victorian author Wilkie Collins, best-known for The Woman in White. A 1998 film adaptation starred Academy Award-winner Jared Leto as Basil and Claire Forlani (Meet Joe Black) as his young wife. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Main title:
Basil [electronic resource] / Wilkie Collins
Author:
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Canada, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 7-9
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
ISBN:
9781443441025
Language:
English
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BRN:
2907579
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