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    The Black Robe
    The Black Robe
    The Black Robe
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    The Black Robe

    Written by Wilkie Collins

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    The church has lost out on a valuable piece of land through wars and transfers. Father Benwell is determined to reclaim that property by the conversion of the owner, Lewis Romayne. Enter beautiful Stella, who captures the heart of Romayne. Should Stella capture the love and devotion of Romayne, Father Benwell's scheme would fail, and that is something that he can not allow. Complicating things is the fact that both Romayne and Stella are hiding their own terrible secrets.
    The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book centers around the misadventures of Lewis Romayne, and is also noted for a perceived anti-Catholic bias (Summary by Mike Zane and Wikipedia)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Wilkie Collins

    William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 essays. His best-known works are The Woman in White and The Moonstone.

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    • 1/5
      Excellent narration...However... The story is overly melodramatic and seems to be pricipally designed to cause the reader to hate Catholics. The main adversary is a devilish priest who is constantly manipulating the hapless Romain and tormenting the virtuous Stella. He constantly sends reports back to Rome proudly detailing his sneaky deceit and manipulation all in the efforts in order to secure land which is desired by the church. Starts off good but very hard to hang on when the weak protagonists are so easily manipulated.