Man and Wife
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Published 10 years after Collins's most popular novel The Woman in White, Man and Wife centres on the confused and inequitable marriage laws of 19th-century Britain, reflecting the author's own antipathy towards the institution. The plot follows the fortunes of a woman who, committed to marriage with one man, comes to believe that she may have inadvertently married his friend, according to the archaic laws of Scotland and Ireland. Collins shows himself to be a masterly storyteller, seamlessly moving the action from a country house to a suburb of London, and into a world of deceit and murder.
Chapters (135)
- MAN AND WIFE
- PROLOGUE.—THE IRISH MARRIAGE.
- Part the First.
- Part the Second.
- THE STORY.
- FIRST SCENE.—THE SUMMER-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER THE FIRST.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND.
- THE GUESTS.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD.
- THE DISCOVERIES.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
- THE TWO.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH.
- THE PLAN.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH.
- THE SUITOR.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.
- THE DEBT.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH.
- THE SCANDAL.
- SECOND SCENE.—THE INN.
- CHAPTER THE NINTH.
- ANNE.
- CHAPTER THE TENTH.
- MR. BISHOPRIGGS.
- CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH.
- SIR PATRICK.
- CHAPTER THE TWELFTH.
- ARNOLD.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH.
- BLANCHE.
- THIRD SCENE.—LONDON.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH.
- GEOFFREY AS A LETTER-WRITER.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH.
- GEOFFREY IN THE MARRIAGE MARKET.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH.
- GEOFFREY AS A PUBLIC CHARACTER.
- FOURTH SCENE.—WINDYGATES.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH
- NEAR IT.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH.
- NEARER STILL.
- CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH.
- CLOSE ON IT.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH.
- TOUCHING IT.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST.
- DONE!
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND.
- GONE.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD.
- TRACED.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH.
- BACKWARD.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
- FORWARD.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SIXTH.
- DROPPED.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH.
- OUTWITTED.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-EIGHTH.
- STIFLED.
- FIFTH SCENE.—GLASGOW.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-NINTH.
- ANNE AMONG THE LAWYERS.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTIETH.
- ANNE IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
- SIXTH SCENE.—SWANHAVEN LODGE.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIRST
- SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (FIRST SOWING).
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SECOND.
- SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (SECOND SOWING).
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-THIRD.
- SEEDS OF THE FUTURE (THIRD SOWING).
- SEVENTH SCENE.—HAM FARM.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FOURTH.
- THE NIGHT BEFORE.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-FIFTH.
- THE DAY.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH.
- THE TRUTH AT LAST.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SEVENTH.
- THE WAY OUT.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-EIGHTH.
- THE NEWS FROM GLASGOW.
- EIGHTH SCENE—THE PANTRY.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTY-NINTH.
- ANNE WINS A VICTORY.
- NINTH SCENE.—THE MUSIC-ROOM.
- CHAPTER THE FORTIETH.
- JULIUS MAKES MISCHIEF.
- TENTH SCENE—THE BEDROOM.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIRST.
- LADY LUNDIE DOES HER DUTY.
- ELEVENTH SCENE.—SIR PATRICK’S HOUSE.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-SECOND.
- THE SMOKING-ROOM WINDOW.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-THIRD.
- THE EXPLOSION.
- TWELFTH SCENE.—DRURY LANE.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-FOURTH.
- THE LETTER AND THE LAW.
- THIRTEENTH SCENE.—FULHAM.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-FIFTH.
- THE FOOT-RACE.
- FOURTEENTH SCENE.—PORTLAND PLACE.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-SIXTH.
- A SCOTCH MARRIAGE.
- FIFTEENTH SCENE.—HOLCHESTER HOUSE.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-SEVENTH.
- THE LAST CHANCE.
- SIXTEENTH SCENE.—SALT PATCH.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-EIGHTH.
- THE PLACE.
- CHAPTER THE FORTY-NINTH.
- THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTIETH.
- THE MORNING.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FIRST.
- THE PROPOSAL.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SECOND.
- THE APPARITION.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-THIRD.
- WHAT had happened in the hours of darkness?
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FOURTH.
- THE MANUSCRIPT.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-FIFTH.
- THE SIGNS OF THE END.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SIXTH.
- THE MEANS.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SEVENTH.
- THE END.
- EPILOGUE.
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