The Woman in White is a gem of a novel - creepy, dense, menacing, and always intriguing. For a long time, the reader isn't quite sure what is going on, only that it isn't good - and it's to Collins' credit that when the plots are revealed, they are as interesting as anything I was supposing.The book...
This gothic mystery revolves around a series of narratives taken from each involved (as villains, heroes and put-upon bystanders) in the heinous skullduggery of getting Laura Fairlie's meager inheritance. Doppelgangers, prophetic dreams, arson, tears, typhus and nervous breakdowns are some of the ma...
This is my second Wilkie Collins, although he wrote and published this book before The Moonstone. The Woman in White is described as a Victorian “sensation” novel, and was written with many twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. It shared the same narrative technique as The Moonstone – that o...
This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.Wilkie Collins' opening line of The Woman in White makes things sound simple, doesn't it? Well, things aren't simple. Collins offers 700 pages of very well written Victorian Gothic literature. He's also ...
Originally published in a weekly periodical between late 1859 and 1860 as a serial story, this is believed to be the first English crime detection novel. This is Victorian fiction that combines romance, mystery and Gothic horror with a psychological twist.The story opens with an eerie encounter, i...
'The Woman in White' was something of an ordeal. The plot is excellent and the characters were well-formed, but it was a struggle to get through the extended baton-passing that greeted the shifts in narration, from Hartwright to Gilmore especially. I don't need to be reminded that the previous narra...
Bought this at Indonesia Book Fair 2009 and finally read it this year. Quite a suspenseful mystery which took a lot of unexpected turns. It was also very readable for a classic and has some very interesting characters -- my favorite is Marian Halcombe.
Have you ever been interested to read a Victorian era "classic" but never got around to it because you are concerned that you may not be able to relate? This is the book for you.If they had airports in the Victorian era this book would be a common sight. I mean this in a complimentary way, not equat...
I really liked this. The story is told by the various protagonists as they take part in the story, which makes it more like listening to a story being told. At times it is a little predictable, but the unravelling more than makes up for it. Some great characters that really capture the imagination a...
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