Miss Morris and the Stranger

Reprinted in book form by A. Barnes, New York Mina shocks Society by falling in love and marrying Michael Bloomfield, a groom in the household of her aunt and uncle with whom she lives. Discovering that her aunt has recognised the orphaned Bloomfield as her illegitimate son, Mina promises to conceal his true identity. Reprinted in the Seaside Library vol , no , 17 August Lepel and his proud but impecunious friend, Rothsay, witness an Italian play which foreshadows their future lives.

Rothsay is in love with a gatekeeper's daughter, Susan Rymer, who is herself in love with Lepel. Lepel falls mysteriously ill and learns from his eminent doctors that he is dying.

Intending to help his friend, Lepel agrees to marry Susan so that she can become a rich widow and a suitable wife for Rothsay. Lepel's medicine has been poisoned by his housekeeper, Mrs Mozeen, and when by accident he stops taking it, he immediately recovers. Lepel now realises that he is in love with Susan but at the same time has blighted Rothsay's prospects.

Collins sets a story in Polynesia for the first time since his earlier, then unpublished novel, Iolani. The stories are different but have in common a main female character called Aimata and a powerful high priest. There are also resemblances in the descriptive passages of the scenery. The Fortuna is blown off course in the South Pacific and visits an uncharted Polynesian island.

While trading with the local inhabitants, the Captain falls in love with the Priest's daughter, Aimata. He plans to bring her to England but she is drowned during a volcanic eruption. The Captain now hates the sea and will never marry. Marmaduke Falmer falls in love with Felicity, a minister's daughter, while sheltering from a storm in the Scottish town of Cauldkirk.

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The minister visits the married couple in London because Felicity is worried about her husband's mysterious disappearance each evening. All is explained when Marmaduke confesses to being Barrymore, the actor, famous in a profession of which the minister wholly disapproves. Reprinted in book form with other stories by Tauchnitz, ; Harpers, and The action takes place in The mysterious Dr Lagarde, an emigre Frenchman scratching a living in London by fortune-telling, predicts in a hypnotic trance that Percy Linwood and Captain Arthur Bervie will fight a duel over Charlotte Bowmore.

Everything occurs exactly as foretold but the two men are reconciled and become friends.

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A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March until Dickens' death in June , William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. But after his death, his reputation declined as Dickens' bloomed. Now, Collins is being given more critical and popular attention than he has received for 50 years.

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Most of his bo A close friend of Charles Dickens from their meeting in March until Dickens' death in June , William Wilkie Collins was one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers. Most of his books are in print, and all are now in e-text. He is studied widely; new film, television, and radio versions of some of his books have been made; and all of his letters have been published. However, there is still much to be discovered about this superstar of Victorian fiction.

Born in Marylebone, London in , Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in , but then took him to France and Italy with them between and In , Collins became a law student at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in , although he never practised. It was in , a year after the death of his father, that he published his first book, 'The Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq.

The s saw Collins' creative high-point, and it was during this decade that he achieved fame and critical acclaim, with his four major novels, 'The Woman in White' , 'No Name' , 'Armadale' and 'The Moonstone' Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels Books by Wilkie Collins.

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This novel is no exception. The novel begins years after a tragic event has changed the life of a young man named Basil. The readers learn that the doors of his home are forever closed to him. He will never see his father again. And he will never see his beloved sister, Clara, again. Basil begins to recount the events that lead to a life changing event, which caused him to lose all that he once held dear. These events were set in motion the minute he met Margaret Sherwin.

Basil's enchantment with the dark and beautiful Margaret happened when they met by chance on an omnibus. Basil was so stricken by her beauty that he followed the beautiful stranger home and with the help of a family servant managed to coax his way into Margaret's life. The Sherwin family were simple shop keepers. Mr Sherwin owned a linen draper's shop. When he learned that the son of a gentlemen with a family name dating back to Norman times expressed interest in his daughter, he was more than happy to encourage the union.

Basil's father, however, was extremely proud of his family lineage and expected his sons to follow and respect their family history. Margaret's beauty won over Basil's family obligations. Without the consent of his father he marries Margaret in secret. After marrying Margaret, Basil realizes that something is not quite right in the Sherwin household.

Margaret's moods change with the wind. Each and every person in the home seem to be keeping a secret. I found the novel extraordinary! The readers are immediately aware that Basil's marriage to Margaret was his undoing, but the events unfold slowly and tragically. I don't think I will ever hear the names Basil and Margaret and not think of his novel. It was absolutely haunting! An exiting story about social pride and prejudice, revenge and deceipt and blind love.

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The story paints a perfect picture of the Victorian society which was dominated by classes and the influence of the different socalled social 'stations in life'. A very enjoyable read. All was quite entertaining but not quite all was believable.

What can one say? Collins doesn't miss, and this is a good book. It's a little more strange than his others in his characterizations, but, like the others, I couldn't put it down until I finished it.