WILKIE COLLINS

Book by Collins Wilkie

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were ...

Die Witwe Jezebel Fontaine tut alles, um ihre gutherzige, aber aufgrund ihres gesellschaftlichen Status nicht eben chancenreiche Tochter möglichst gut zu verheiraten. Jezebels Charme und Überzeugungskraft und nicht zuletzt der Besitz geheimnisvoller Giftfläschchen leisten ihr dabei gute Dienste. Allerdings hat sie nicht mit Mrs Wagner ge-rechnet...

Man and Wife (1870) combines the fast pace and sensational plot structure of Collins's most famous novels with a biting attack on the inequitable marriage laws in Victorian Britain. At its centre is the plight of a woman who fears that the archaic marriage laws of Scotland and Ireland may have forced her into committing unintentional bigamy. As ...

Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. On different ships, the two men have no cause to meet - until disaster strikes and they find themselves united by their battle for survival.