Author(s): Collins, Wilkie
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0672
Barcode: 9781781985670
Release Date: 05/2025

COLLINS, W.: Two Destinies (The) (Unabridged)

First published in 1876, Wilkie Collins’s The Two Destinies follows the lives of childhood friends George and Mary. George is the son of a nobleman, while Mary is the daughter of the nobleman’s bailiff. As the friends grow older and closer, George’s father, determined to end their affair, dismisses the bailiff and moves George to America. Years later, George returns to his native Suffolk to track down his former love. Although she has long gone, he remains determined to find Mary at all costs. But are the two lovers destined to find each other again? In this multi-voice production, we find Collins’s trademark melodrama along with an exploration of the powers of telepathy, reflecting the late Victorian preoccupation with spiritualism.

Tracklist

Collins, Wilkie - Author
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
1The Two Destinies00:09
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
2The Prelude: In Two Narratives00:04
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
31. The Guest Writes and Tells the Story of the Dinner Party17:37
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
42. George Germaine Writes, and Tells His Own Love Story00:07
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
5Chapter 1: Greenwater Broad08:38
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
6Chapter 2: Two Young Hearts20:41
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
7Chapter 3: Swedenborg and the Sibyl20:51
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
8Chapter 4: The Curtain Falls05:24
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
9The Story: From the Manuscript of George Germaine00:04
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
10Chapter 1: Ten Years of My Life18:19
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
11Chapter 2: Ten Years of Her Life15:48
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
12Chapter 3: The Woman on the Bridge17:35
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
13Chapter 4: The Kindred Spirits23:02
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
14Chapter 5: Natural and Supernatural20:47
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
15Chapter 6: Saint Anthony's Well17:47
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
16Chapter 7: The Letter of Introduction11:31
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
17Chapter 8: The Disasters of Mrs Van Brandt18:13
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
18Chapter 9: Not Cured Yet16:46
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
19Chapter 10: Mrs Van Brandt at Home17:02
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
20Chapter 11: The Obstacle Beats Me11:40
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
21Chapter 12: My Mother's Diary07:33
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
22Chapter 13: Shetland Hospitality17:13
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
23Chapter 14: The Darkened Room16:09
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
24Chapter 15: The Cats16:46
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
25Chapter 16: The Green Flag13:28
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
26Chapter 17: She Comes Between Us11:03
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
27Chapter 18: She Claims Me Again16:35
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
28Chapter 19: The Kiss25:44
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
29Chapter 20: In the Shadow of St Paul's11:10
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
30Chapter 21: I Keep My Appointment12:22
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
31Chapter 22: Conversation with My Mother05:15
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
32Chapter 23: Conversation with Mrs Van Brandt14:08
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
33Chapter 24: Love and Money10:27
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
34Chapter 25: Our Destinies Part Us08:42
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
35Chapter 26: The Prospect Darkens07:54
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
36Chapter 27: Miss Dunross17:58
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
37Chapter 28: The Physician's Opinion16:44
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
38Chapter 29: A Last Look at Greenwater Broad12:17
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
39Chapter 30: A Vision of the Night09:04
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
40Chapter 31: By Land and Sea17:16
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
41Chapter 32: Under the Window06:58
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
42Chapter 33: Love and Pride20:15
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
43Chapter 34: The Two Destinies25:32
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
44The Finale: The Wife Writes, and Closes the Story08:13
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)
45Outro00:08
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Scott, Lucy (Reader)
McCready, Glen (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 09:50:59