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  2. The Woman in White Summary. Next. The First Epoch: Part 1, Chapter 1. Literary devices: Genre. Mood. Setting. Style. Tone. View all. Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher who lives in London, needs a job and an escape from the city for the autumn months.

  3. Plot. Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, encounters and gives directions to a mysterious and distressed woman dressed entirely in white, lost in London; he is later informed by policemen that she has escaped from an asylum.

  4. A plot summary of Wilkie Collins' 1860 novel, one of the first mystery and sensation novels. It follows Walter Hartright, who falls in love with Laura Fairlie, who resembles a woman in white, Anne Catherick, who was committed to an asylum.

  5. The Woman in White Summary. The events described in the novel take place in the 1850s in England. A young painter from London, Walter Hartright, secures a position as an art teacher at Limmeridge House in Cumberland, which belongs to Frederick Fairlie. On a hot summer night prior to his departure, Walter meets a very strange woman on the empty ...

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · Lesson Summary. Frequently Asked Questions. What is the story behind The Woman in White? The wicked Sir Percival, secretly illegitimate, falsely imprisons his own wife and fakes her death...

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  7. Summary. PDF Cite Share. Through the help of his Italian friend Professor Pesca, Walter Hartright is engaged as drawing master to the nieces of Frederick Fairlie, of Limmeridge House in Cumberland....

  8. Their plot is threatened by Anne Catherick, a mysterious fugitive from a mental asylum who dresses in white, resembles Laura, and knows the secret of Glyde’s illegitimate birth. Through the perseverance of Hartright and Marian, Glyde and Fosco are defeated and killed, allowing Hartright to marry Laura.

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