The Two Destinies
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About This Book
In this late romantic novel, the author explores the powers of telepathy while telling a skilful tale that interweaves suspense with the familiar ingredients of Victorian melodrama. First published in 1876, Wilkie Collins’s The Two Destinies follows the lives of childhood friends George and Mary. George is the son of a nobleman, while Mary is the daughter of the nobleman’s bailiff. As the friends grow older and closer, George’s father, determined to end their affair, dismisses the bailiff and moves George to America. Years later, George returns to his native Suffolk to track down his former lo...
Chapters (47)
- THE TWO DESTINIES
- The Prelude.
- THE GUEST WRITES AND TELLS THE STORY OF THE DINNER PARTY.
- The Narrative.
- GEORGE GERMAINE WRITES, AND TELLS HIS OWN LOVE STORY.
- CHAPTER I. GREENWATER BROAD
- CHAPTER II. TWO YOUNG HEARTS.
- CHAPTER III. SWEDENBORG AND THE SIBYL.
- CHAPTER IV. THE CURTAIN FALLS.
- CHAPTER V. MY STORY.
- CHAPTER VI. HER STORY.
- CHAPTER VII. THE WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE.
- MY mother looked in at the library door, and disturbed me over my books.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE KINDRED SPIRITS
- CHAPTER IX. NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL.
- CHAPTER X. SAINT ANTHONY’S WELL.
- CHAPTER XI. THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER XII. THE DISASTERS OF MRS. VAN BRANDT.
- CHAPTER XIII. NOT CURED YET.
- CHAPTER XIV. MRS. VAN BRANDT AT HOME.
- CHAPTER XV. THE OBSTACLE BEATS ME.
- CHAPTER XVI. MY MOTHER’S DIARY.
- CHAPTER XVII. SHETLAND HOSPITALITY.
- “GUIDE! Where are we?”
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DARKENED ROOM.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE CATS.
- CHAPTER XX. THE GREEN FLAG.
- CHAPTER XXI. SHE COMES BETWEEN US.
- CHAPTER XXII. SHE CLAIMS ME AGAIN.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE KISS.
- CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE SHADOW OF ST. PAUL’S.
- In ten days I was at home again—and my mother’s arms were round me.
- CHAPTER XXV. I KEEP MY APPOINTMENT.
- CHAPTER XXVI. CONVERSATION WITH MY MOTHER.
- CHAPTER XXVII. CONVERSATION WITH MRS. VAN BRANDT.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. LOVE AND MONEY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. OUR DESTINIES PART US.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE PROSPECT DARKENS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE PHYSICIAN’S OPINION.
- SIX months have elapsed. Summer-time has come again.
- CHAPTER XXXII. A LAST LOOK AT GREENWATER BROAD.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. A VISION OF THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. BY LAND AND SEA.
- CHAPTER XXXV. UNDER THE WINDOW.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. LOVE AND PRIDE.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TWO DESTINIES.
- THE WIFE WRITES, AND CLOSES THE STORY.
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