Man and Wife

About this film

LibriVox recording of Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins. Read in English by corin2of7; Tony Foster; John Trevithick; SainaGhadiany; Linda Andrus; ToddHW; shihping; Michelle Tan; Denise Nordell; Joe Selah; Lynne Thompson; Maria Ana Montalvo; Oxenhandler; Rosie; kgon; Sheila; MaryAnn; Michele Eaton; Anna Simon; Diana Schmidt This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were legally entitled to marry and who asserted that they were married before witnesses, or in writing, were regarded in Scotland as being married in law.' This strange law causes the characters Arnold and Geoffrey both possibly accidentally marrying Anne, though one is engaged to another woman and the other is searching for a more wealthy wife to accomodate his lifestyle. In these circumstances, Anne needs to catch an actual husband in order to save her reputation... - Summary by Carolin and Wikipedia For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volun…

Directors & creators

Wilkie Collins

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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