"Man and Wife" by Wilkie Collins is a book that takes place in the 1800s which shows us what happens when love gets twisted by secrets and lies. It’s about characters getting tangled up in marriage troubles because of what society expects and how people make decisions. The book starts with two girls splitting up on a boat to different countries. A long time later, one of the girls grows up and gets ready to see her mom again. At a fancy dinner, we meet more people, and it's obvious not everyone is happy. The story quickly turns into a big drama when a secret about a marriage comes out, making characters lives a roller coaster of feelings and problems.
Man and Wife
By Wilkie Collins
Amidst societal expectations and simmering resentments, a shocking secret threatens to destroy a marriage and unravel the lives of all involved.
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About the AuthorWilliam Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
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