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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 toward 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.

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Public Domain (P)2021 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd. Classics Marriage
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This is enjoyable beautifully written and well narrated in fact a sheer delight for all Wilkie Collins fans and a great start for those who have never read any of his books. I would thoroughly recommend it.

Shear delight

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An intriguing story, very well read. Wilkie Collins stands out amongst Victorian writers for weaving plots around the helpless situations the laws created for women. Gothic but also a book with a powerful message for the time. I was hooked by the end.

Early sympathy for victims of abusive marriages

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As usual with Collins, the plot stretches credibility but Nicolas Boulton's performance is superb and certainly held my attention. His reading of "Lady Lundie" as the quavering duchess-type is almost comical, very appropriate for a character who is faintly ridiculous.

A thrilling tale, expertly performed

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I loved the English. The twists and turns of the plot and the final overthrowing of the scoundrel!

Beautifully written, beautiful English

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Predictable story
A bit slow in parts
But easy to listen to and so ok

Nicely narrated

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