Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 129 Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay) 1809 1885 Arthur, Timothy Shay Uncle Herbert Herbert, Uncle The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won" by T. S. Arthur is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the struggles of Mr. Wilkinson, a husband caught between the desires of pursuing social pleasures and the responsibilities of a loving home, represented by his devoted wife, Mary. The novel intends to highlight the powerful impact of selfless love and the consequences of neglecting that love within a marriage. At the start of the narrative, we meet Mr. Wilkinson and Mrs. Wilkinson in their home, where Mary attempts to dissuade her husband from going out, revealing the emotional strain in their relationship. After a brief conversation marked by Wilkinson's vacillation, he leaves to meet a friend, despite the anxiety of his wife and their sick child at home. This decision sets off a chain of events wherein Wilkinson finds himself increasingly drawn into the world of drinking and social distractions, ultimately leading to the neglect of his family and several troubling encounters that could have dire consequences for their happiness. This opening portion establishes a clear framework for the themes of love, temptation, and the struggle for self-improvement that permeate the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Married people -- Fiction Temperance -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 281502 2025-07-02T11:39:13.937095 text/html 271972 2020-12-28T04:42:59 text/html 175821 2025-07-02T11:39:20.719555 application/epub+zip 180237 2025-07-02T11:39:16.835071 application/epub+zip 162101 2025-07-02T11:39:15.728070 application/epub+zip 351502 2025-07-02T11:39:23.544549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340168 2025-07-02T11:39:20.029086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306053 2022-09-03T03:38:47.339492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253354 2025-07-02T11:39:13.174104 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 253236 2020-12-28T04:42:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18891 2025-07-02T11:39:23.675530 application/rdf+xml 14953 2025-07-02T11:39:16.218082 image/jpeg 3713 2025-07-02T11:39:15.971050 image/jpeg 97055 2020-12-28T04:42:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 94765 2020-12-28T04:42:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 172201 2025-07-02T11:39:13.959074 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia