![]() ![]() ![]() They are parted and she marries, but she and Marian, her resourceful half-sister, are then caught up in her new husband's plot to steal her fortune and identity. His feelings are returned, but she is already engaged to another. (Summary from Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit .įrom Wikipedia: A poor art master, Walter Hartright, is employed to teach two young women in Cumberland, and falls in love with one of them, Laura. This technique was copied by other novelists, including Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897), although by the end of the 19th century the technique was considered “old-fashioned”. Collins used this technique in his other novels, including The Moonstone. This creates a complex web in which readers are unsure which narrator can, and cannot, be trusted. The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn take up the telling of the story. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’…. ![]() ![]() The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. LibriVox recording of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. ![]()
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