The Woman In White

Wilkie Collins

• Publisher: Caelwick Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9788974325121
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

The Woman in White tells the story of Walter Hartright, a young and impoverished drawing teacher who falls in love with his aristocratic pupil, Laura Fairlie. He cannot hope to marry her, however, and she is married off against her will to a baronet, Sir Percival Glyde, who is seeking her fortune. The terms of her marriage settlement prevent Glyde accessing her money while she lives, so together with his deceptively charming and cunning friend, Count Fosco, they hatch an unscrupulous deception to do so nonetheless. In an early 19th Century version of "identity theft," they contrive to fake Laura's death and confine her to a mental asylum. Their plot is eventually uncovered and exposed by Hartright with the help of Laura's resourceful half-sister, Marian Halcombe. The Woman in White was the most popular of Wilkie Collins' novels in the genre then known as "sensation fiction." It has never been out of print and is frequently included in lists of the best novels of all time. Published initially in serial form in 1859–60, it achieved an early and remarkable following, probably because of the strength of its characters, in particular the smooth and charming but utterly wicked villain Count Fosco, and the intelligent and steadfast Marian Halcombe opposed to him. Wilkie Collins (died 1889) was one of the most distinguished authors of the Victorian age. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, The Woman In White exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Chapitre 1
• Chapitre 2
• Chapitre 3
• Chapitre 4
• Chapitre 5
• Chapitre 6
• Chapitre 7
• Chapitre 8
• Chapitre 9
• Chapitre 10
• Chapitre 11
• Chapitre 12
• Chapitre 13
• Chapitre 14
• Chapitre 15
• Chapitre 16
• Chapitre 17
• Chapitre 18
• Chapitre 19
• Chapitre 20
• Chapitre 21
• Chapitre 22
• Chapitre 23
• 2. Postscript by a Sincere Friend
• 3. The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge House
• Chapitre 26
• Chapitre 27
• Chapitre 28
• Chapitre 29
• Chapitre 30
• Chapitre 31
• Chapitre 32
• Chapitre 33
• Chapitre 34
• Chapitre 35
• Chapitre 36
• Chapitre 37
• Chapitre 38
• Chapitre 39
• Chapitre 40
• Chapitre 41
• Chapitre 42
• Chapitre 43
• 2. The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick
• Chapitre 45
• Chapitre 46
• Chapitre 47
• Chapitre 48
• Chapitre 49
• Chapitre 50
• Chapitre 51
• 4. The Story Continued by Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco
• Chapitre 53
• Chapitre 54
• Chapitre 55