{"product_id":"basil-9789356560178","title":"Basil","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilkie Collins novel Basil was his second lengthy fiction work published in 1852 devoted to Charles Ward. It was his first modern novel. An early novel by Wilkie Collins, 'Basil' depicts  the story of a young gentleman from a rich traditional family. Basil falls in love at first sight  with the beautiful seventeen-year-old Margaret Sherwin.  The daughter of a tanner, Margaret belongs  to  a much lower social status than Basil. Basil's father is a very reputated man and,  knowing his  father's hostility towards those who marry below their status, Basil keeps  his affair  a secret -even from Clara, the sister he loves. When Basil meets Margaret's father and tells his desire to marry her. Mr. Sherwin takes a promise from Basil that he will marry Margaret at once but will not accomplish the marriage for a year and during the period Margaret will stay back to his  home. Astonishingly, Basil accepts all these conditions , he intensely adores Margaret, he marries her and meets her daily.  Whilst he is visiting Margaret  he becomes familiar with his father-in-law's chief clerk, Mr. Mannion, a very gentle good-looking  middle-aged man who appears to have a impressive effect on Margaret and her mother. But is the pretty Margaret as attractive and virtuous as she appears?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilkie Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56489637216598,"sku":"9789356560178","price":20.24,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9789356560178.jpg?v=1793913386","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/basil-9789356560178","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}