Man and Wife

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Wilkie Collins

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A young governess is seduced and then abandoned when her lover exploits a loophole in Scotland’s marriage laws, and the tangle that follows drags several lives into a legal and moral trap. Anne Silvester, her devoted friend Blanche, and the brutal athlete Geoffrey Delamayn find themselves bound by a careless promise nobody can unravel: who, under the law, is actually married to whom. Wilkie Collins built this sensation novel around a genuine legal scandal, using suspense to attack irregular marriage statutes and the Victorian worship of raw physical prowess. What opens as a courtroom puzzle darkens steadily into conspiracy and the threat of murder. Read it free in PDF and EPUB.

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#	Chapter	Length
1	Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the First, part 1	21:05
2	Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the First, part 2	34:41
3	Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the Second	24:32
4	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the First	6:39
5	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Second	23:02
6	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Third	22:19
7	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Fourth	19:56
8	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Fifth	10:06
9	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Sixth	26:18
10	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Seventh	15:51
11	First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Eighth	23:26
12	Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Ninth	32:12
13	Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Tenth	20:00
14	Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Eleventh	10:56
15	Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Twelfth	25:43
16	Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Thirteenth	26:19
17	Third Scene - London - Chapter the Fourteenth	10:56
18	Third Scene - London - Chapter the Fifteenth	13:21
19	Third Scene - London - Chapter the Sixteenth	18:22
20	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Seventeenth	15:00
21	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Eighteenth	29:54
22	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Nineteenth	41:55
23	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twentieth	43:26
24	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-First, part 1	19:57
25	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-First, part 2	30:09
26	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Second	38:51
27	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Third	40:10
28	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Fourth	19:38
29	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Fifth	20:02
30	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Sixth	16:26
31	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Seventh	29:13
32	Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-Eigth	15:07
33	Fifth Scene - Glasgow - Chapter the Twenty-Ninth	14:19
34	Fifth Scene - Glasgow - Chapter the Thirtieth	9:27
35	Sixth Scene - Swanhaven Lodge - Chapter the Thirty-First, part 1	18:16
36	Sixth Scene - Swanhaven Lodge - Chapter the Thirty-First, part 2	13:18
37	Sixth Scene - Swanhaven Lodge - Chapter the Thirty-Second	22:43
38	Sixth Scene - Swanhaven Lodge - Chapter the Thirty-Third	18:05
39	Seventh Scene - Ham Farm - Chapter the Thirty-Fourth	16:14
40	Seventh Scene - Ham Farm - Chapter the Thirty-Fifth	7:55
41	Seventh Scene - Ham Farm - Chapter the Thirty-Sixth	32:29
42	Seventh Scene - Ham Farm - Chapter the Thirty-Seventh	19:44
43	Seventh Scene - Ham Farm - Chapter the Thirty-Eighth	23:03
44	Eighth Scene - The Pantry - Chapter the Thirty-Ninth	16:59
45	Ninth Scene - The Music-Room - Chapter the Fourtieth, part 1	16:11
46	Ninth Scene - The Music-Room - Chapter the Fortieth, part 2	23:03
47	Tenth Scene - The Bedroom - Chapter the Forty-First, part 1	18:41
48	Tenth Scene - The Bedroom - Chapter the Forty-First, part 2	20:17
49	Eleventh Scene - Sir Patrick's house - Chapter the Forty-Second	8:28
50	Eleventh Scene - Sir Patrick's house - Chapter the Forty-Third	19:33
51	Twelfth Scene - Drury Lane - Chapter the Forty-Fourth	24:50
52	Thirteenth Scene - Fulham - Chapter the Forty-Fifth	46:25
53	Fourteenth Scene - Portland Place - Chapter the Forty-Sixth, part 1	31:44
54	Fourteenth Scene - Portland Place - Chapter the Forty-Sixth, part 2	30:52
55	Fifteenth Scene - Holchester House - Chapter the Forty-Seventh	11:46
56	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Forty-Eighth	7:29
57	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Forty-Ninth	20:57
58	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fiftieth	16:06
59	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-First	14:11
60	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Second	19:05
61	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Third	19:45
62	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Fourth, part 1	29:10
63	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Fourth, part 2	31:09
64	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Fifth, part 1	15:42
65	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Fifth, part 2	23:14
66	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Sixth	6:40
67	Sixteenth Scene - Salt Patch - Chapter the Fifty-Seven	33:11
68	Epilogue	11:31