# The Black Robe

By Wilkie Collins.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Murder -- Fiction; Priesthood -- Fiction; Chastity, Vow of -- Fiction; Dueling -- Fiction

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- [Black Robe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4645) by Wilkie Collins (12 h 20 min, English)

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