page_title: The Black Robe
section_title: Critical reception
hierarchical_section_title: The Black Robe / Critical reception
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a political cartoon, showing Collins doing penance for The Black Robe.
context_page_description: The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book relates the misadventures of Lewis Romayne, and is also noted for a perceived anti-Catholic bias.
context_section_description: Writing for The Spectator, E. A. Collins, who was herself a minor novelist, gave the novel a generally unfavorable review. However oddly enough, she recommended the novel for its "readability." The same reviewer complained of an "unnaturalness" present in the book, and a lack of development of significant characters.
caption: Political cartoon showing Collins doing penance for writing The Black Robe.
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