Man and Wife
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About This Book
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.
135
Chapters
~1620 min
Est. Listening Time
English
Language
3.9 ★
Goodreads Rating
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.
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Is "Man and Wife" free to read and listen to?
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Who wrote "Man and Wife"?
"Man and Wife" was written by Wilkie Collins. It is classified as Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Essays, Classic Literature, British Literature, Victorian Literature, 19th Century Literature.
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