Do you believe in fate? Is true love powerful enough to overcome even the most adverse of circumstances? These thought-provoking questions form the thematic core of the novel The Two Destinies by master storyteller Wilkie Collins. Two star-crossed...
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Do you believe in fate? Is true love powerful enough to overcome even the most adverse of circumstances? These thought-provoking questions form the thematic core of the novel The Two Destinies by master storyteller Wilkie Collins. Two star-crossed lovers fall head-over-heels for one another, but soon fall prey to a seemingly insurmountable series of mishaps and misadventures. Will they wind up together eventually?
Title; Contents; The Prelude; The Narrative; Chapter I - Greenwater Broad; Chapter II - Two Young Hearts; Chapter III - Swedenborg and the Sibyl; Chapter IV - The Curtain Falls; Chapter V - My Story; Chapter VI - Her Story; Chapter VII - The Woman on the Bridge; Chapter VIII - The Kindred Spirits; Chapter IX - Natural and Supernatural; Chapter X - Saint Anthony's Well; Chapter XI - The Letter of Introduction; Chapter XII - The Disasters of Mrs. Van Brandt; Chapter XIII - Not Cured Yet; Chapter XIV - Mrs. Van Brandt at Home; Chapter XV - The Obstacle Beats Me; Chapter XVI - My Mother's Diary
Chapter XVII - Shetland HospitalityChapter XVIII - The Darkened Room; Chapter XIX - The Cats; Chapter XX - The Green Flag; Chapter XXI - She Comes Between Us; Chapter XXII - She Claims Me Again; Chapter XXIII - The Kiss; Chapter XXIV - In the Shadow of St. Paul's; Chapter XXV - I Keep My Appointment; Chapter XXVI - Conversation with My Mother; Chapter XXVII - Conversation with Mrs. Van Brandt; Chapter XXVIII - Love and Money; Chapter XXIX - Our Destinies Part Us; Chapter XXX - The Prospect Darkens; Chapter XXXI - The Physician's Opinion; Chapter XXXII - A Last Look at Greenwater Broad
Chapter XXXIII - A Vision of the NightChapter XXXIV - By Land and Sea; Chapter XXXV - Under the Window; Chapter XXXVI - Love and Pride; Chapter XXXVII - The Two Destinies; The Finale; Endnotes;