Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
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"Man and Wife" by Wilkie Collins is a sensation novel published in 1870. When a governess is abandoned by her lover through a loophole in Scottish marriage law, three people find themselves entangled in a legal nightmare. Who is married to whom? As lawyers clash and reputations hang in the balance, the story darkens from legal thriller to deadly conspiracy. Collins weaves social critique with suspense, exposing the dangers of flawed marriage
laws and the brutality lurking beneath Victorian respectability. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 |
|---|---|
| Title | Man and Wife |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_Wife_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by James Rusk and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Married women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bigamy -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1586 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2006 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 823 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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