Description
In a world where appearances can be dangerously persuasive, Basil draws readers into a tense web of relationships shaped by ambition, inheritance, and the quiet power of secrets. As characters navigate shifting loyalties and moral compromises, a seemingly ordinary life begins to reveal its hidden costs, testing what they believe about trust, duty, and self-knowledge. Wilkie Collins’s distinctive blend of suspense and psychological insight turns everyday social detail into a stage for mounting intrigue. With its sharp attention to character and its steady, page-turning momentum, this novel explores themes of deception, responsibility, and the unsettling ways the past can surface in the present.
Available Editions
paperback
Oxford University Press
Published Jan 1, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 9780199536702
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Details
First Published
1852
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Basil by Wilkie Collins.