The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

Overview

In love with the beautiful heiress Laura Fairlie, impoverished art teacher Walter Henright finds his romantic designs thwarted by the scheming of wicked Sir Percival Glyde and his sinister ally Count Fosco. The mystery and intrigue are deepened by the ghostly appearances of a woman in white, harboring a secret that concerns Sir Percival’s past. A tale of love, madness, and identity, boasting sublime Gothic settings and pulse-quickening suspense, The Woman in White was the first bestselling Victorian sensation novel, sparking off a huge trend in the fiction of the time with its compulsive, fascinating narrative.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012547132
Publisher:	qasim idrees
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	378 KB

About the Author

Date of Birth:

December 8, 1824

Date of Death:

September 23, 1889

Place of Birth:

London, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Studied law at Lincoln¿s Inn, London