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Author: COLLINS, W

Classic crime

Published on 21 May 2008 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural’ series.

Paperback | 528 pages
198 x 128 x 29 | 338g

With an Introduction and Notes by Scott Brewster, University of Central Lancashire.

Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first excursion into the genre. When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in north London, encounters a solitary, terrified and beautiful woman dressed in white, he feels impelled to solve the mystery of her distress.

The intricate plot is peopled with a finely characterised cast, from the peevish invalid Mr Fairlie to the corpulent villain Count Fosco and the enigmatic woman herself.