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The Woman in White
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Woman in White
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wilkie Collins
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Edited by Matthew Sweet
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Introduction by Matthew Sweet
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:720 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780141439617
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.8 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
27 February 2003 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.
Author Biography
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868), considered the first modern English detective novel.
Reviews"Collins was a master craftsman, whom many modern mystery-mongers might imitate to their profit." -Dorothy L. Sayers
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