num_pages: 668
description: Wilkie Collins’ classic tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity, featuring updated endnotes and an introduction by Anne Perry“[ The Woman in White ] has lasted, to our great pleasure, because it is superb storytelling about people who engage our minds and our imaginations and into whose passions we are drawn.”—Anne Perry ONE OF TIME ’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. After more than a century since its publication, Wilkie Collins’s psychological thriller has never been out of print.
language: English
title: The Woman in White
titlecomplete: The Woman in White
characters: Sir Percival Glyde, Anne Catherick, Marian Halcombe, Count Fosco, Mrs. Catherick, Madame Fosco, Laura Fairlie, Vincent Gilmore, Frederick Fairlie, Walter Hartright
genres: Gothic, Mystery, British Literature, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 150673
places: Hampshire, England, Cumberland, England, England, London, England, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Modern Library