Man and Wife: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Man and Wife, credited to Wilkie Collins, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Man and Wife
• Author credits: Wilkie Collins
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 68
• Listed recording duration: 24:18:04

Opening tracks: first 24 of 68

1. 01 - Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the First, part 1 — 21:06
2. 02 - Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the First, part 2 — 34:41
3. 03 - Prologue - The Irish Marriage - Part the Second — 24:33
4. 04 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the First — 6:39
5. 05 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Second — 23:02
6. 06 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Third — 22:19
7. 07 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Fourth — 19:56
8. 08 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Fifth — 10:06
9. 09 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Sixth — 26:18
10. 10 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Seventh — 15:51
11. 11 - First Scene - The Summer House - Chapter the Eighth — 23:26
12. 12 - Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Ninth — 32:12
13. 13 - Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Tenth — 20:00
14. 14 - Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Eleventh — 10:56
15. 15 - Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Twelfth — 25:43
16. 16 - Second Scene - The Inn - Chapter the Thirteenth — 26:19
17. 17 - Third Scene - London - Chapter the Fourteenth — 10:55
18. 18 - Third Scene - London - Chapter the Fifteenth — 13:21
19. 19 - Third Scene - London - Chapter the Sixteenth — 18:22
20. 20 - Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Seventeenth — 15:00
21. 21 - Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Eighteenth — 29:54
22. 22 - Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Nineteenth — 41:55
23. 23 - Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twentieth — 43:26
24. 24 - Fourth Scene - Windygates - Chapter the Twenty-First, part 1 — 19:57

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