The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
- 216 Want to read
- 15 Currently reading
- 26 Have read
Excerpt from The Woman in White: A Novel
Wilkie Collins 1861 ed. 'Preface'
The Woman In White has been received with such marked favour by a very large circle of readers, that this volume scarcely stands in need Of any prefatory introduction on my part. All that it is necessary for me to say may be summed up in a few words.
I have endeavoured, by careful correction and revision, to make my story as worthy as I could of a continuance of the public approval. Certain technical errors which had escaped me while I was writing the book are here rectified. None of these little blemishes in the slightest degree interfered with the interest of the narrative - but it was as well to remove them at the first Opportunity, out Of respect to my readers and in this edition, accordingly, they exist no more.--
Wilkie Collins. Harley Street, London. February, 1861
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: French Dutch English Chinese German
Subjects
Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Apparitions, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Psychiatric hospital patients, Inheritance and succession, Country homes, Art teachers, Deception, Nobility, Study and teaching (Secondary), English Detective and mystery stories, Fraud, English language, Young women, Readers (Secondary), Foreign speakers, England, Swindlers and swindling, Classic Literature, Psychiatric hospital patients -- Fiction, Inheritance and succession -- Fiction, Country homes -- Fiction, Art teachers -- Fiction, Deception -- Fiction, Nobility -- Fiction, England -- Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Hartright, walter (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, Teachers, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Mentally ill, Commitment and detention, History, Literature, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, English literature, Fiction, general, Fiction, romance, general, Patients des hôpitaux psychiatriques, Romans, nouvelles, Successions et héritages, Maisons de campagne, Professeurs d'art, Tromperie, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Gothic, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction, gothic, Mistaken identity, Mœurs et coutumes, English language, study and teaching, foreign speakers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Fiction and related items, Man-woman relationships, Suspense fictionPlaces
EnglandTimes
19th centuryShowing 12 featured editions. View all 425 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
01
|
zzzz
|
02
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
03
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
04
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
05
The Woman in White (Vintage Classics)
November 6, 2007, Random House UK
Paperback
in English
009951124X 9780099511243
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
06
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
07
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
08
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
09
|
bbbb
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
10
The Woman in White (Bantam Classics)
April 1, 1985, Bantam Classics
Mass Market Paperback
in English
055321263X 9780553212631
|
eeee
|
11
|
bbbb
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
12
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Manufactured in Great Britain OCLC/WorldCat 1014044298 information 1914 - this date is inaccurate as date noted on inside fr. cover of edition is prior to that date.
Contributors
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Work Description
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 is drawn into 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 along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
Chin A
from kristychan
-
Ready
from Kirstenmorris00
-
Isha
from Mitesh Vakani
History
- Created May 2, 2020
- 7 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| September 12, 2022 | Edited by mheiman | Merge works |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | Added JPG to notes |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | Update covers |
| May 2, 2020 | Edited by ED Power | alt ed. ent. |
| May 2, 2020 | Created by ED Power | Added new book. |