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The Woman in White

Author
Wilkie Collins
Series
Classic Sensation
Language
English
Length
568 pages
ISBN
9781909904323
Published
15 September 2013
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Wilkie Collins
  • crime
  • gothic
  • mystery
  • romantic
  • detective
  • murder
  • shocking
  • adultery
  • theft

Description

"The Woman in White" is a classic novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1859. It's a thrilling mystery that tells the story of Walter Hartright, a young artist who is hired to teach drawing to two sisters in a remote country mansion. When he encounters a ghostly figure, dressed in white, wandering the streets of London, his life takes a dramatic turn. The woman in white is revealed to be Anne Catherick, a former patient of the insane asylum, who has escaped and is on the run from the sinister Sir Percival Glyde. As Walter sets out to uncover the truth behind Anne's incarceration and the motives of Sir Percival, he becomes embroiled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and dangerous secrets.

Author

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. Collins made significant contribution towards development of the sensation novel, which focused on tales woven around criminal biographies. It also drew on the gothic and romantic genres of fiction. Typically the sensation novel focused on shocking subject matter including adultery, theft, kidnapping, insanity, bigamy, forgery, seduction and murder.