The Black Robe
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2006-02-22 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #1587 |
Description
"The Black Robe" by Wilkie Collins is a novel published in 1881. After accidentally killing a man in a duel, Lewis Romayne returns to England haunted by the victim's brother's screams. When he falls in love with Stella Eyrecourt, a Catholic priest named Father Benwell schemes to convert Romayne and claim his ancestral estate for the Church. The novel explores manipulation, faith, and loyalty through its controversial anti-Catholic lens. (This is an automatically generated summary.)