The Two Destinies [Hardcover]

Wilkie Collins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002 | ISBN-10: 1404336141 | ISBN-13: 978-1404336148

My wife, in her impulsive way, forgot the formalities proper to the occasion, and kissed her at parting. At that one little act of sisterly sympathy, the fortitude which the poor creature had preserved all through the evening gave way in an instant. She burst into tears. I felt as fond of her and as sorry for her as my wife. But (unfortunately) I could not take my wife's privilege of kissing her. On our way downstairs, I found the opportunity of saying a cheering word to her husband as he accompanied us to the door. "Before I open this," I remarked, pointing to the portfolio under my arm, "my mind is made up, sir, about one thing. If I wasn't married already, I tell you this -- I should envy you your wife." He pointed to the portfolio in his turn. "Read what I have written there," he said; "and you will understand what those false friends of mine have made me suffer tonight." The next morning my wife and I opened the portfolio, and read the strange story of George Germaine's marriage.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

A popular and influential English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was the son of a famous landscape painter, William Collins. Renowned for his sensational mysteries and romances, he is hailed as the inventor of the detective novel. Collins was a lawyer by training. Among his most famous works are The Woman in White (1860), and The Moonstone (1867), and No Name (1862). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: IndyPublish.com (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404336141
• ISBN-13: 978-1404336148
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Whoops! Product description does not mention it is incomplete, November 6, 2011

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This review is from: The Two Destinies. A romance. (Paperback)

I love this novel and ordered it for my mom. The price was high enough [exorbitant] for a paperbound book that I thought that the novel would be complete. The product description says NOTHING about it being one volume of a complex work. It is one volume, not the complete work, I was embarrassed to discover from my mom. Where is the rest of the work? NOT AVAILABLE? Available for an additional [exorbitant] sum? If it had been an order for myself, I would return, but my mom is 3,000 miles away and I do not want to add insult to injury by asking her to pack and return ship, so injustice has been rewarded.

3.0 out of 5 stars Her or his story?, July 17, 2011

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Jorge Frid (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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When you start the book you'll expect to read Mary's story. You'll know her story but you'll just read here and there from her. You'll know HIS complete and utterly story but none everything of her's. The love story is thrilling in some parts and boring at some points. You would read the same story with a different spell about many times. If you have this in mind you could like the story more than I do.

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks like it was Printed on a cheap broken down Printer, August 2, 2007

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Deborah Klein "Me" (Belleville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Two Destinies: A Romance (Paperback)

Ok.. I Love the story.. it is a beautiful romance .. I read it on-line and I wanted my own copy for that cold rainy night get-away. when It arrived I couldn't wait to open it. just to touch the words.. and then Put it in my bookshelf for a perfect night.... WHAT A SHOCK when I opened it to see the POOR PRINTING JOB ... on some of the pages even the lines are askew. black blotches around the words in some cases. and choppy letters not even fully formed on others... WHAT A VAST DISSAPOINTMENT. SHAME ON AMAZON!