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Man and Wife is Wilkie Collins's ninth published novel, first published in 1870. It is a sensation novel, and the second of his novels (after No Name) in which social questions provide the main impetus of the plot.
Man and Wife may refer to: Man and Wife (novel), an 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins. Man and Wife (film), a 1923 American silent film. Man and Wife, a 2003 novel by Tony Parsons. Man and Wife, a 1976 poem by Robert Lowell.
PLOT SUMMARY. From the 1875 Chatto & Windus Piccadilly Novels. In 1855, a clever young lawyer called Delamayn finds a loophole in the Irish marriage laws which enables John Vanborough to annul the marriage that stands in the way of his parliamentary ambitions.
After the success of his four great novels of the 1860s (The Woman in White, Armadale, No Name, The Moonstone), Wilkie Collins wrote Man and Wife. Here, Collins melded the sensation novel form with a critique of Victorian society: specifically, its inequitable marriage laws and the rights and legal status of women.
Dokumentalny, Dla dorosłych. USA. Wychodząc z założenia, że zdolność do uprawiania seksu jest wyuczona, a nie wrodzona. Film oferuje porady dla nowoczesnych małżeństw. Krótki prolog dostarcza uwag na temat psychologii i fizjologii współżycia jako środka do wyrażania miłości małżeńskiej.
tutorial, commentary, study resources, and web links. Man and Wife (1870) was one of the novels in which Wilkie Collins undertook to expose social injustice – in this case the absurdities which existed in British marriage laws. It was his ninth published novel.
1 sty 2002 · An easy and enjoyable read, Man and Wife tells the story of Harry and his attitude towards marriage and fatherhood. Harry's not a terribly likeable character, being prone to infidelity and a naïve attitude towards relationships, but he's redeemed by the strong love he has for his son.
