Man and Wife (Hardcover)

from burritapal

Wilkie Collins characters come to life vividly in this story that brings the shameful treatment of wives, in the laws of England of the time, into the open. We loathe Lady Lundie, Geoffrey Delamayn, Mrs Glenarm...we love Anne Silvestre, Blanche and Arnold, Sir Patrick. Like many others before me ...

from CathyWoolbright

Wilkie Collins was not only a detective novelist, he was a writer who took up the cause of social injustices, but presented them in the form, somewhat, of a suspense novel. In this novel, we are presented with the damsel in distress - because of antiquated and unbalanced marriage laws currently i...

from CathyWoolbright

Wilkie Collins was not only a detective novelist, he was a writer who took up the cause of social injustices, but presented them in the form, somewhat, of a suspense novel. In this novel, we are presented with the damsel in distress - because of antiquated and unbalanced marriage laws currently i...