num_pages: 702
description: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use the originalmanuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to Victorian fiction, traces his practices as a creator of plot, and provides a chronology of the novel's complicated events.
language: English
title: The Woman in White
titlecomplete: The Woman in White
characters: Count Fosco, Anne Catherick, Vincent Gilmore, Laura Fairlie, Madame Fosco, Walter Hartright, Mrs. Catherick, Frederick Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, Marian Halcombe
genres: Mystery, 19th Century, Classics, Gothic, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literature, Victorian
ratings_count: 150682
places: Cumberland, England, England, London, England, United Kingdom, Hampshire, England
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Oxford University Press