The Woman in White
Ranked #7 in Victorian, Ranked #9 in English For Beginners — see more rankings.
'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth, stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white'
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 becomes embroiled in 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... more
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 becomes embroiled in 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... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Lucy Atkins I’ve only read it twice, but it’s lingered in my consciousness: the images and the feel of it. (Source)
Jason Hall The glory of it is you get this story as if it’s a court hearing, everybody is presenting their evidence from their own perspectives (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Woman in White is ranked in the following categories:
- #76 in Autumn
- #96 in Bucket List
- #28 in Copenhagen
- #92 in Crime Mystery
- #21 in Customs
- #61 in Ghost Story
- #12 in Gothic
- #51 in Mystery
- #76 in Mystery Crime
- #26 in Penguin Classics
- #56 in Project Gutenberg
- #51 in Public Domain
- #77 in UK
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