The Woman in White

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Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. 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. 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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Thriller

British Classics

Mystery

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Author

Wilkie Collins

Pages

720

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2003-04-29

ISBN

0141439610 9780141439617

Ratings

Google: 4

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"It wasn't what I was expecting- while there are gothic elements,it read more like a mystery to me- this was still a fun read! It is forever long, but well worth it! Despite the long winded style of writing typical of the time, Wilkie keeps things lively and moving."

Ruby

"One of my all-time favorite reads. "

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Elizabeth Stewart

"I loved this so much!"

Leilah Hussain

"a classic thriller, masked as a ghost story. plus, a meditation on feminism, for the storyline of the freedom of the Woman in White."

Marisa Dickinson

"Not sure if this fits your request, but it's an epistolary novel so there are moments when other characters are "speaking" or taking control of the narrative. "

Stephanie Garrison

"While this book took me a while to get through, that doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable! I liked the story which I suppose was to be expected as a fan of [b:The Moonstone|6138|The Moonstone|Wilkie Collins|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403192382l/6138._SY75_.jpg|1044477]. <br/><br/>I was fascinated by the characters and their complicated relationships with one another—particularly the changing dynamic between Marian and Count Fosco. I really enjoyed the many narrators who filled in the gaps and added interesting perspectives to the plot. I wished a better end for Anne Catherick, but she was able to sleep eternally next to her favorite person in her favorite place. <br/><br/>I have to be honest I was surprised that there were no links between Anne Catherick as "The Woman in White" and the myth of a Woman in White. Is there a connection I'm missing?"

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Kayla Randolph

"hmmm the bible lol jk i think my favorite book is wonder and honestly i havent read this book i just needed a fifth book to go to the next step when i signed up, but i chose it because i love watching pride and prejudice, jane eyre, stuff like that"