Two Destines

In The Two Destinies, Wilkie Collins explores a haunting connection between childhood sweethearts reunited by what seems like supernatural forces. As their love resurfaces, they face societal disapproval, personal trials, and uncanny signs that their fates are intertwined. The accompanying novellas continue Collinss fascination with psychological depth, suspense, and romantic devotion, each tale probing the human spirit under extraordinary pressures. Whether grounded in realism or touched by the paranormal, these works reveal the tension between choice and inevitability. Uniting melodrama with early speculative elements, the collection showcases Collinss mastery beyond the detective genre that made him famous.

William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist and playwright, best known for The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The Two Destinies is about a couple who build their marriage on the ideal of spiritual love, using all manner of seance, trance, and supernatural experiment. This volume also contains Mr. Medhurst and the Princess, Miss Jerome and the Clergyman, Mr. Captain and the Nymph, and Mr. Marmaduke and the Prophet.