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The Woman in White

(Modern Library Classics)

By Wilkie Collins, Anne Perry

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| Paperback | 9780375759062

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Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. A gripping tale of murder, intrigueContinue

Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. A gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity, Collins’s psychological thriller has never been out of print in the 140 years since its publication. Anne Perry writes in her Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classic (set from the “New Edition” of 1861), “[The Woman in White] has lasted, to our great pleasure, because it is superb storytelling about people who engage our minds and our imaginations.”

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    I happily re-read this for an English exam. Chillingly written. Well structured; in fact maybe too well structured: makes it seem unreal, the cleverness of its construction.

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    sid_rw said on Jul 4, 2008 | 1 feedback

  • Carino

    L'ho letto in inglese e non è stato affatto male sebbene non rienti nei miei canoni!

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    Aletheia said on Jan 14, 2012 | Add your feedback

  • Good Victorian narrative, intriguing and entertaining. The first of its genre, sporting a woman in a detective role as one of the main characters, no less!
    Way, way better than Dickens…

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    Mat F. said on Sep 8, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I enjoyed this book a lot. I have to say I much preferred it to the Moonstone. The style was most enjoyable, particularly Hartwright and Marion's parts. The story was gripping and moving the whole way through and despite being very long I felt the pacing was really good. The only weak part I felt wa ... (continue)

    I enjoyed this book a lot. I have to say I much preferred it to the Moonstone. The style was most enjoyable, particularly Hartwright and Marion's parts. The story was gripping and moving the whole way through and despite being very long I felt the pacing was really good. The only weak part I felt was the ending, which after it had been building for so long, the revelation of the "secret" and the fate of the two villains seemed rather poor.

    I did enjoy the characterisation, the characters seemed vaguely stereotypical but were still likeable, and the villains not too over-the-top, everyone had a sense of realism to them. Marion was easily the best character, a very intelligent woman who was sacrificing everything for the well being of her half sister. I think it said something that the man fell in love with the beautiful dull sister instead of the ugly intelligent one, even though it was clear that he and Marion were a much better match. It was also an odd ending for her that she was supposed to live happily ever after as the "old maid" "companion" to her half-sister. It was almost as if there was some subtext there, except of course they were related! The woman in white herself I liked a lot, and wish she'd had more scenes and we'd heard more about her life.

    It's hard to write a review of this without giving anything away. But I really enjoyed it and will definitely be reading more books by Willkie Collins.

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    Robot-mel said on Aug 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • It will keep you on tenterhooks

    Jorge Luis Borges once said that Collins was a master of plot twists, uneasiness and unpredictable endings. I couldn't agree more.

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    noebierzo said on Mar 9, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I truly enjoyed it again!! One of my favorites.
    The structure of the book is simply genius and so is the story!

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    Nini said on Jan 1, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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