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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-10055321263X

ISBN-139780553212631

eBay Product ID (ePID)17038702425

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Book TitleWoman in White

Number of Pages800 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1985

TopicPsychological, Classics, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorWilkie Collins

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Collins was a master craftsman, whom many modern mystery-mongers might imitate to their profit." -Dorothy L. Sayers, "Collins was a master craftsman, whom many modern mystery-mongers might imitate to their profit." -Dorothy L. Sayers From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Synopsis"There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road--there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven--stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments." Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall readers ever since. From the hero's foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collins's narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing. Collins's other great mystery, The Moonstone, has been called the finest detective story ever written, but it was this work that so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed: "Author of The Woman in White .", Wilkie Collins' classic tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity ONE OF TIME 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME "There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road--there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven--stood thefigure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments." 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., "There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road-there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven-stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments." Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall readers ever since. From the hero's foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collins's narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing. Collins's other great mystery, The Moonstone, has been called the finest detective story ever written, but it was this work that so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed- "Author of The Woman in White ."