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The Black Robe
The Black Robe (1881) is a novel by Wilkie Collins. Written toward the end of Collins’ career, The Black Robe shows brilliant flashes of the author’s trademark sense of mystery and psychological unease, which made him a household name around the world. Recognized as an important Victorian novelist and pioneer of detective fiction, Wilkie Collins was a writer with a gift for thoughtful entertainment, stories written for a popular audience that continue to resonate with scholars and readers today. While visiting northern France to attend the funeral of his aunt, Lewis Romayne, while playing cards, accuses a local gambler of cheating. Offended by the young Englishman, the man challenges Romayne to a duel, but sends his son in his place. Against the odds, Romayne—unaccustomed to fighting—manages to kill the boy, saving his own life. The screams of his younger brother, however, never leave Romayne, not as he returns to Yorkshire a changed man, not for the rest of his life. Back home, he attempts to regain a sense of normalcy, caring for Vange Abbey, the family estate, and making social trips to London. In the city, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Stella Eyrecourt, whom he marries. Meanwhile, a vindictive priest looking to gain control of the Abbey hatches a plan to convert Romayne to Catholicism and trick him into signing the property over in his will. Wracked with guilt and trusting to a fault, Romayne walks right into his trap. Beyond its sensational plot, The Black Robe is a masterpiece of mystery and social critique for seasoned readers of Victorian fiction and newcomers alike. This edition of Wilkie Collins’ The Black Robe is a classic work of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

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The Biter Bit (Unabridged)

The Biter Bit (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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Rambles Beyond Railways (Unabridged)

Rambles Beyond Railways (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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Blind Love

Blind Love

Wilkie Collins

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Poor Miss Finch

Poor Miss Finch

Wilkie Collins

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The Fallen Leaves

The Fallen Leaves

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The Black Robe

The Black Robe

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The Frozen Deep

The Frozen Deep

Wilkie Collins

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Jezebel'S Daughter

Jezebel'S Daughter

Wilkie Collins

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Armadale

Armadale

Wilkie Collins

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The Queen Of Hearts

The Queen Of Hearts

Wilkie Collins

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After Dark

After Dark

Wilkie Collins

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The Guilty River

The Guilty River

Wilkie Collins

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Hide And Seek

Hide And Seek

Wilkie Collins

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The Evil Genius

The Evil Genius

Wilkie Collins

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The Law And The Lady

The Law And The Lady

Wilkie Collins

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Man And Wife

Man And Wife

Wilkie Collins

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No Name

No Name

Wilkie Collins

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Basil

Basil

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman In White

The Woman In White

Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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Antonina

Antonina

Wilkie Collins

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Little Novels

Little Novels

Wilkie Collins

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My Lady's Money

My Lady's Money

Wilkie Collins

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I Say No

I Say No

Wilkie Collins

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Miss Or Mrs?

Miss Or Mrs?

Wilkie Collins

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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

Wilkie Collins

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A House to Let

A House to Let

Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter

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The Woman in White (Unabridged)

The Woman in White (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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No Name (Unabridged)

No Name (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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The Guilty River (Unabridged)

The Guilty River (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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The Black Robe (Unabridged)

The Black Robe (Unabridged)

Wilkie Collins

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The Evil Genius

The Evil Genius

Wilkie Collins

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A Rogue’s Life

A Rogue’s Life

Wilkie Collins

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I Say No

I Say No

Wilkie Collins

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Jezebel’s Daughter

Jezebel’s Daughter

Wilkie Collins

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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Wilkie Collins

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Little Novels

Little Novels

Wilkie Collins

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The Dead Secret

The Dead Secret

Wilkie Collins

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Heart and Science

Heart and Science

Wilkie Collins

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After Dark

After Dark

Wilkie Collins

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The Two Destinies

The Two Destinies

Wilkie Collins

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Mr Wray’s Cash Box, or, the Mask and the Mystery

Mr Wray’s Cash Box, or, the Mask and the Mystery

Wilkie Collins

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My Lady’s Money

My Lady’s Money

Wilkie Collins

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Man and Wife

Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

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Armadale

Armadale

Wilkie Collins

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The Black Robe

The Black Robe

Wilkie Collins

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Basil

Basil

Wilkie Collins

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The New Magdalen

The New Magdalen

Wilkie Collins

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The Legacy of Cain

The Legacy of Cain

Wilkie Collins

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No Name

No Name

Wilkie Collins

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The Fallen Leaves

The Fallen Leaves

Wilkie Collins

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Poor Miss Finch

Poor Miss Finch

Wilkie Collins

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The Guilty River

The Guilty River

Wilkie Collins

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The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts

Wilkie Collins

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Blind Love

Blind Love

Walter Besant, Wilkie Collins

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The Evil Genius

The Evil Genius

Wilkie Collins

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The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts

Wilkie Collins

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The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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Man and Wife

Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

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The Yellow Mask

The Yellow Mask

Wilkie Collins

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Man and Wife

Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

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Basil

Basil

Wilkie Collins

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Nine O' Clock

Nine O' Clock

Wilkie Collins

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The Dead Secret

The Dead Secret

Wilkie Collins

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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Wilkie Collins

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Blind Love

Blind Love

Wilkie Collins, Walter Besant

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Blind Love

Blind Love

Wilkie Collins, Walter Besant

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Armadale

Armadale

Wilkie Collins

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The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

Wilkie Collins

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No Name

No Name

Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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No Thoroughfare

No Thoroughfare

Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins

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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

Wilkie Collins

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The Haunted House at Latchford & The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted House at Latchford & The Haunted Hotel

J. H. Riddell, Wilkie Collins

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The Weird Circle: Mad Monkton

The Weird Circle: Mad Monkton

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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A House to Let

A House to Let

Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Ann Procter

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No Thoroughfare

No Thoroughfare

Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens

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The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices

Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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After Dark

After Dark

Wilkie Collins

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The Haunted Hotel

The Haunted Hotel

Wilkie Collins

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Man and Wife

Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

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L’abîme

L’abîme

Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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The Two Destinies

The Two Destinies

Wilkie Collins

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A Rogue's Life

A Rogue's Life

Wilkie Collins

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