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The Law and the Lady

By Wilkie Collins, David Skilton (Contributor)

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| eBook | 9780141907222

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Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville are married. But before long the new bride begins to suspect a dark secret in her husband's past and when she discovers that he has been living under a false name, she determines to find out why he is concealiContinue

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This book is all about the unexpected, starting with the protagonist: a woman, a detective!, who decides to take on an investigation about her husband's past, to restore his name and to prove him innocent of a crime he didn't commit. It's probably the most advanced Victorian novel I've read so far; ... (continue)

This book is all about the unexpected, starting with the protagonist: a woman, a detective!, who decides to take on an investigation about her husband's past, to restore his name and to prove him innocent of a crime he didn't commit. It's probably the most advanced Victorian novel I've read so far; it deals with controversial issues in a very XX-Century-like way--I suppose Dickens was sleeping on his laurels as Collins was writing this one…
It misses the 5th star as the end is a little pale compared to the rest of the narrative, a sort of an anti-climax.

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