Story summary
Streszczenie książki Czarna sutanna
- 8 min czytania
- 10 parts
- Nagranie wkrótce
After a duel in a Boulogne fog, a rich young heir hears a boy's cry that follows him, and a Jesuit takes notice.
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Czarna sutanna — najważniejsze informacje
Streszczenie: 8 min czytania
- Czas czytania
- Około 6 h 55 min5 h 30 min fast, 8 h 15 min slow
- Długość
- Liczba słów: 98 700
- Poziom trudności w bibliotece
- Średni longer sentences, everyday words
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1881by Wilkie Collins
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Czarna sutanna in short
The Black Robe follows a man who kills in a duel and cannot silence the cry that follows him. Romayne is rich, kind, and fragile. Stella offers love and a home, while Father Benwell offers certainty and a place in the Church.
What Czarna sutanna is about
What would you do if one moment of anger left you hearing a voice that no one else can hear? Lewis Romayne, a rich and gifted young Englishman, fires a pistol in a sea fog at Boulogne and spends the rest of the story trying to live with the sound that follows. Around him, a cheerful priest and a loving woman each decide that his troubled soul is theirs to rescue.
The Black Robe is a novel by Wilkie Collins. He uses secret letters, comic dinners and a gambling den to look at the Jesuits, at marriage, and at what guilt does to a conscience.
Dla kogo. Readers who enjoy Victorian sensation novels will find a haunted hero, a scheming priest, and a devoted heroine here. It suits anyone who likes letters woven into a plot and questions about faith and guilt.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A card table quarrel ends in a fatal duel
The story opens in the voice of Major Hynd, a retired officer who would rather be anywhere but home. His friend Lewis Romayne must fetch his dying aunt, Lady Berrick, from Boulogne, and the Major goes along as his guest.
At Boulogne Romayne meets Captain Peterkin, an old college friend who has fallen on hard times. He accepts a dinner at the man's boarding house, which is really a gambling den. Romayne, warmed by wine, sits down to play at the table of a fat General. He catches the General cheating and calls him a scoundrel. The General spits in his face, and Romayne knocks him flat.
In France that means a challenge, and Romayne will hear no argument. Next morning, in a sea fog, the General's son Maurice, a known marksman, takes his father's place. Both men fire at one signal, and Maurice falls dead.
Then a voice shrieks through the mist, crying out for the assassin. It is the dead man's younger brother, a boy of thirteen, who followed in secret. A moment of pride can bind a good man to a lifelong sorrow.
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The boy's cry follows Romayne to Vange Abbey
Back in England, the Major takes Romayne to Vange Abbey, a lonely house built from the stones of a monastery on a Yorkshire moor.
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A woman falls in love with a stranger's face
In a grand house north of Hyde Park, Stella Eyrecourt, dark haired and pale, is the guest of her school friend Lady Loring.
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A Jesuit plans to win a convert and an estate
Father Benwell lives in Lord Loring's house as chaplain and library organizer, always smiling and fond of sweet coffee.
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Benwell hunts for the secret in Stella's past
Benwell guesses that a woman who falls in love so quickly has loved before.
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Stella visits the General's family at Islington
Major Hynd brings news.
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A quiet engagement and a quieter wedding
Lady Loring holds the Sandwich Dance, where there is no heavy supper, only little plates of sandwiches in endless variety.
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Winterfield returns and cracks appear in the marriage
Mrs. Eyrecourt falls seriously ill, and Stella nurses her night and day.
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Faith, remorse, and the quiet use of power
Two kinds of devotion run side by side.
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How the story is told through reports and letters
Collins does not tell the story in a straight line.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Lewis Romayne The gifted, nervous owner of Vange Abbey, who longs for peace after a fatal duel and hears a boy's cry that no one else hears.
- Stella Eyrecourt A shy, dark haired young woman who falls in love with Romayne at first sight and fights to keep her happiness.
- Father Benwell A smiling, patient Jesuit of high rank who hides his position and aims to bring Romayne and his estate to the Church.
- Arthur Penrose A gentle, honest young priest who becomes Romayne's secretary and friend and is torn between duty and conscience.
- Bernard Winterfield A genial country gentleman who loves dogs, books, and pictures, and who carries a painful secret connected with Stella.
- Mrs. Eyrecourt Stella's tiny, painted, endlessly talkative mother, who loves society and parties but guards her daughter's secrets fiercely.
- Lord and Lady Loring Romayne's old friends, who plan his meeting with Stella and who stand by her.
- Major Hynd A retired army officer who tells the opening events and watches over Romayne as a loyal if grumbling friend.
How it ends (spoiler)
Romayne, after years of sorrow and separation from his wife, lies dying in Paris. Stella and their little son are brought to his side, and Winterfield is present. Benwell arrives with the will that leaves Vange Abbey to him for the Church. Romayne hands the paper to the child, who throws it into the fire. Asked why, the dying man answers, wife and child, and dies. Benwell is left defeated.
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Pytania o Czarna sutanna
What is The Black Robe about?
It follows Lewis Romayne, a wealthy Englishman haunted by guilt after a fatal duel. A loving woman and a scheming Jesuit priest both try to win him, and the contest shapes his marriage, his faith, and his estate.
Who is Father Benwell?
Father Benwell is a high ranking Jesuit who poses as a humble chaplain in Lord Loring's house. He is cheerful, patient, and clever, and he aims to win Romayne for the Church and return Vange Abbey to it.
What does the title The Black Robe mean?
The black robe is the plain dress of a priest. In the novel it stands for the power, secrecy, and separation that the priesthood brings, especially in the hands of Father Benwell, who works behind it.
When was The Black Robe written and is it a true story?
Wilkie Collins wrote it in the 1880s, and it is fiction. The setting is a realistic Victorian world of London houses, French resorts, and Yorkshire moors, and it draws on real tensions about Catholic influence in England.
Is The Black Robe worth reading today?
It offers a clear plot, vivid characters, and lively humor, with letters and diaries that vary the voice. Readers who like mysteries and moral dilemmas will find a story that moves steadily and keeps its surprises.
Zacytuj to wydanie
Collins, Wilkie. The Black Robe. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-robe.
Collins, W. (2026). The black robe. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-robe (Original work published 1881)
Collins, Wilkie. The Black Robe. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-black-robe.
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