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The Woman in White is a mystery novel by Wilkie Collins, published in 1860. It tells the story of a woman who escapes from an asylum and reveals a secret that threatens the marriage of Laura Fairlie and Sir Percival Glyde.
A classic Victorian novel of Gothic horror and psychological realism, The Woman in White follows Walter Hartright's involvement in a mysterious plot involving a woman in white, a count, and a madhouse. Read ratings, reviews, and an introduction by Matthew Sweet on Goodreads.
Apr 1, 1985 · Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. After more than a century since its publication, Wilkie Collins’s psychological ...
Learn about the plot, characters, and themes of The Woman in White, a Victorian mystery novel by Wilkie Collins. Find out how Collins influenced Dickens and other writers with his suspenseful and realistic style.
A classic thriller of murder, intrigue, and mistaken identity, featuring multiple narrators and a diabolical villain. Read an excerpt, buy the book, or explore the reading guide and other books by Wilkie Collins.
Apr 25, 2005 · The opening line of Wilkie Collins’s enormously popular novel The Woman in White is one of the more confrontational in narrative history: “This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve.”.
Apr 29, 2003 · Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his "charming" friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison.
Apr 29, 2014 · Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.
Feb 8, 2018 · On a moonlit London night, art teacher Walter Hartwright meets a young woman – beautiful, terrified and dressed entirely white – alone on the street. Compelled to help this piteous...
Apr 17, 2008 · The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel'. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime,...
