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Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 19 hours
WORDS
228,312
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A young woman who has been made pregnant by an unscrupulous man tries to force him to marry her secretly, but much goes wrong with her plan.

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Man and Wife
    1. Prologue: The Irish Marriage
      1. I: The Villa at Hampstead
        1. I
        2. II
        3. III
        4. IV
      2. II: The March of Time
        1. V
        2. VI
        3. VII
        4. VIII
        5. IX
    2. The Story
      1. First Scene: The Summerhouse
        1. I: The Owls
        2. II: The Guests
        3. III: The Discoveries
        4. IV: The Two
        5. V: The Plan
        6. VI: The Suitor
        7. VII: The Debt
        8. VIII: The Scandal
      2. Second Scene: The Inn
        1. IX: Anne
        2. X: Mr. Bishopriggs
        3. XI: Sir Patrick
        4. XII: Arnold
        5. XIII: Blanche
      3. Third Scene: London
        1. XIV: Geoffrey as a Letter-Writer
        2. XV: Geoffrey in the Marriage Market
        3. XVI: Geoffrey as a Public Character
      4. Fourth Scene: Windygates
        1. XVII: Near It
        2. XVIII: Nearer Still
        3. XIX: Close on It
        4. XX: Touching It
        5. XXI: Done!
        6. XXII: Gone
        7. XXIII: Traced
        8. XXIV: Backward
        9. XXV: Forward
        10. XXVI: Dropped
        11. XXVII: Outwitted
        12. XXVIII: Stifled
      5. Fifth Scene: Glasgow
        1. XXIX: Anne Among the Lawyers
        2. XXX: Anne in the Newspapers
      6. Sixth Scene: Swanhaven Lodge
        1. XXXI: Seeds of the Future (First Sowing)
        2. XXXII: Seeds of the Future (Second Sowing)
        3. XXXIII: Seeds of the Future (Third Sowing)
      7. Seventh Scene: Ham Farm
        1. XXXIV: The Night Before
        2. XXXV: The Day
        3. XXXVI: The Truth at Last
        4. XXXVII: The Way Out
        5. XXXVIII: The News from Glasgow
      8. Eighth Scene: The Pantry
        1. XXXIX: Anne Wins a Victory
      9. Ninth Scene: The Music-Room
        1. XL: Julius Makes Mischief
      10. Tenth Scene: The Bedroom
        1. XLI: Lady Lundie Does Her Duty
      11. Eleventh Scene: Sir Patrick’s House
        1. XLII: The Smoking-Room Window
        2. XLIII: The Explosion
      12. Twelfth Scene: Drury Lane
        1. XLIV: The Letter and the Law
      13. Thirteenth Scene: Fulham
        1. XLV: The Footrace
      14. Fourteenth Scene: Portland Place
        1. XLVI: A Scotch Marriage
      15. Fifteenth Scene: Holchester House
        1. XLVII: The Last Chance
      16. Sixteenth Scene: The Inn
        1. XLVIII: The Place
        2. XLIX: The Night
        3. L: The Morning
        4. LI: The Proposal
        5. LII: The Apparition
        6. LIII: What Had Happened in the Hours of Darkness?
        7. LIV: The Manuscript
          1. I
          2. II
          3. III
          4. IV
          5. V
          6. VI
          7. VII
          8. VIII
          9. IX
          10. X
          11. XI
          12. XII
        8. LV: The Signs of the End
        9. LVI: The Means
        10. LVII: The End
    3. Epilogue
      1. I
      2. II
  4. Endnotes
  5. Colophon
  6. Uncopyright

Edition & source

This edition was prepared by Standard Ebooks. The original EPUB, typography, credits, imprint, colophon and copyright information are retained.

SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2019-01-24
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-09-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Wilkie Collins (ann, aut)
  • John Collier (art)
  • James Rusk (trc)
  • David Widger (trc)
  • David Grigg (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Alex Cabal (pfr)
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