A novel, 1866

Armadale

Wilkie Collins

“It was the opening of the season of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, at the Baths of Wildbad. The evening shadows were beginning to gather over the quiet little German town, and the diligence was…”

44 chapters · about 20 hours

How it begins

It was the opening of the season of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, at the Baths of Wildbad. The evening shadows were beginning to gather over the quiet little German town, and the diligence was expected every minute.

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About the book

Length

44 chapters

First published

1866

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: The Travelers9 min
  2. Chapter 2: The Solid Side of the Scotch Character12 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Wreck of the Timber Ship56 min

Book the First

  1. Chapter 1: The Mystery of Ozias Midwinter65 min
  2. Chapter 2: The Man Revealed40 min
  3. Chapter 3: Day and Night26 min
  4. Chapter 4: The Shadow of the Past30 min
  5. Chapter 5: The Shadow of the Future23 min

Book the Second

  1. Chapter 1: Lurking Mischief23 min
  2. Chapter 2: Allan as a Landed Gentleman24 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Claims of Society23 min
  4. Chapter 4: The March of Events27 min
  5. Chapter 5: Mother Oldershaw on Her Guard18 min
  6. Chapter 6: Midwinter in Disguise13 min
  7. Chapter 7: The Plot Thickens27 min
  8. Chapter 8: The Norfolk Broads24 min
  9. Chapter 9: Fate or Chance?21 min
  10. Chapter 10: The House-Maid’s Face26 min
  11. Chapter 11: Miss Gwilt Among the Quicksands19 min
  12. Chapter 12: The Clouding of the Sky9 min
  13. Chapter 13: Exit18 min

Book the Third

  1. Chapter 1: Mrs. Milroy18 min
  2. Chapter 2: The Man Is Found15 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Brink of Discovery25 min
  4. Chapter 4: Allan at Bay26 min
  5. Chapter 5: Pedgift’s Remedy21 min
  6. Chapter 6: Pedgift’s Postscript10 min
  7. Chapter 7: The Martyrdom of Miss Gwilt27 min
  8. Chapter 8: She Comes Between Them17 min
  9. Chapter 9: She Knows the Truth40 min
  10. Chapter 10: Miss Gwilt’s Diary57 min
  11. Chapter 11: Love and Law15 min
  12. Chapter 12: A Scandal at the Station14 min
  13. Chapter 13: An Old Man’s Heart29 min
  14. Chapter 14: Miss Gwilt’s Diary56 min
  15. Chapter 15: The Wedding-Day50 min

Book the Fourth

  1. Chapter 1: Miss Gwilt’s Diary20 min
  2. Chapter 2: The Diary Continued37 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Diary Broken Off68 min

Book 5

  1. Chapter 1: At the Terminus9 min
  2. Chapter 2: In the House16 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Purple Flask67 min

Epilogue

  1. Chapter 1: News from Norfolk9 min
  2. Chapter 2: Midwinter5 min

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