COLLINS, Wilkie.

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Basil; A Story of Modern Life. First American edition of the author's first novel with a contemporary setting. Collins received mixed reviews for the work's departure from the conventional mid-Victorian romance plot, with Basil becoming one of the earliest examples of his famous "sensation novel". The novel was first published in Britain in 1852.

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