Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.

Wilkie Collins

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Topic

Game Men and women

Author

Wilkie Collins

Source

The Woman in White

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Collins, Wilkie. "The Woman in White." All the Year Round, 26 Nov. 1859 – 25 Aug. 1860.

Current Citation

Collins, Wilkie. The Woman in White, edited by Matthew Sweet. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.