![]() ![]() It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the. ![]() The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. As in all great novels, the antagonists get what they deserve, and the characters who maintain their dignity are rewarded handsomely in the end. LibriVox recording of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Through a series of calculated moves that involve death and a large inheritance, the small community is rocked and shrouded in mystery at the hands of the conniving Sir Percival Glyde, who is interested only in making himself wealthy at the hands of others. But it is not until later on in the novel that he discovers the reason why. After Walter takes a job at what is known as Limmeridge House, he notices that one of his students - Laura - looks strikingly like the distressed woman he met, Anne. The people of the community know her very well. It is later made known to him that she is from an asylum, and that her name is Anne. ![]() Walter Hartright, an art teacher, crosses paths one day with a woman who appears to be distressed, and he notices immediately that she is clad in an all-white outfit. Toby Stephens and Juliet Aubrey star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Wilkie Collins chilling Gothic drama A lonely stretch of road on Hampstead. ![]() Celebrated as one of the first popular mystery novels, The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, skillfully incorporates the twisting and turning of more than a few plot lines that all manage to converge beautifully at the end of the work. ![]()
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