The Woman in White

The Woman in White is a novel written by British Ronamtic novelist Wilkie Collins. When the story was published in England, in mid-August 1860, it had so much acceptance from the public that soon inspired many other novels of the kind. The story can be considered as an example of an early detective fiction; and uses the multiple narrative device, where some of the characters talk about their experience with the mystry that the main character is trying to unfold.

As I'm not going to give any detail of the plot (so as not to spoil it) I will just quote what the author himself once said regarding to it: "This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve".

So if you want to read a masterpiece, this is the book. Besides you can find The Woman in White in a TV-film by director Tim Fywell (1997), and the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name, among many other things.

DRAWING: F. W. Waddy's caricature of Collins with Frederick Walker's striking poster of The Woman in White.