![]() ![]() Marriage is a claustrophobic condition in Collins’s novels––an occasion for mistrust, lies and criminal behavior. In that regard, I would argue that the writer’s life, while relevant to themes in his work, doesn’t match up to the possibilities envisioned by his writing, and at times, seems rather at odds with it. ![]() Collins seems to have afforded the women in his fiction more agency and freedom than he did his female companions in life. Collins’s unorthodox lifestyle––he maintained two households without ever formalizing his relationship with either of the women involved––has often been credited for his understanding of the severity of constraints placed on women during the Victorian era, although I am not sure that is exactly the case. ![]()
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