The Woman in White Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi
by Wilkie Collins
Mystery Gothic Fiction Detective Fiction Sensation Novel Identity Madness Social Class Gender Roles Secrets and Lies
The Woman in White is a mystery novel written by Wilkie Collins and first published in 1859. It is one of the outstanding works of the sensational novel, very popular in the 19th century. It was a great success since its publication and gave the author great fame.
Laura Fairlie is a beautiful and wealthy woman who is married to a fortune hunter, Sir Percival. Sir Percival recreates Laura's death to try to keep all her money. Marian, Laura's half-sister, and her drawing teacher Walter Hartright will try to prevent this from happening at all costs and that Laura doesn't lose her money. To do this, Walter Hartright becomes a master detective.
The story maintains tension throughout and masterfully blends a diverse set of characters. In addition, it has a critical component with the restrictions on women in the Victorian era and the class system.
#13 in Mystery (this month)
#58 in Literary fiction (this month)
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WHY READ THE WOMAN IN WHITE IN 2025?
166 years later, still timelyA midnight figure, forged papers, and gaslit persuasion. Collins invents the psychological thriller with testimonies, diaries, and witnesses pieced like evidenceâturning administration into menace.
Timely for thinking about identity, coercive control, and legal power. Bureaucracy can be the villain; records can be rescue.
Paranoia with receipts
Watchfulness as survival.
Law as weapon
Contracts, clinics, and control.
Documentary form
Voices layered like a case file.
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About Wilkie Collins
Mystery architecture and sensation fiction; law family and identity under pressure.
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