Basil: the inspiration for the modern detective novel (Aziloth Books) (Paperback)

from AJBraithwaite

Kept me gripped throughout, even though some of the characters' actions and motivations seemed rather unlikely - Mannion's in particular.

from helen295

Our narrator, the Basil of the title, is the son of a rich gentleman who is proud of his family's ancient background and despises anyone of a lower social standing. When Basil meets Margaret Sherwin on a London omnibus he falls in love at first sight and becomes determined to marry her. Unfortuna...

from MaggieFlo

Basil This was an interesting story. Collins was a contemporary of Charles Dickens and there are some similarities in their style. This is a fictionalized autobiography of a young man from a very wealthy family who becomes infatuated and eventually secretly marries a woman, Margaret Sherwin. Her ...

from SheReadsNovels

Our narrator, the Basil of the title, is the son of a rich gentleman who is proud of his family's ancient background and despises anyone of a lower social standing. When Basil meets Margaret Sherwin on a London omnibus he falls in love at first sight and becomes determined to marry her. Unfortuna...

from souloftherose

Although Basil is far from being one of Collins' best novels, I enjoyed it a lot; partly because I enjoyed thinking about this as an early example of Collins' writing and an early example of a Victorian sensation novel and partly because I really enjoyed the over-the-top melodrama of this story. ...