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Late one moonlit night, drawing master Walter Hartright encounters a solitary, terrified, and beautiful woman, dressed all in white. Saving her from capture by her pursuers, he determines to solve the mystery of her distress and terror. Arriving at Limmeridge House to take up his new position as tutor, Walter meets Marion Halcombe and Laura Fairlie, her half sister, and is astounded to see how closely Laura resembles the woman in white. He realizes that the strange young womans story could be entangled with the sisters lives. Together, Walter and Marion delve deeper into the mystery, pitting their wits against the diabolical team of Sir Percival Glyde and his enigmatic friend, Count Fosco. This gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity has never been out of print since its publication.
About the Author
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859) , No Name (1862) , Armadale (1866) , and The Moonstone (1868) , considered the first modern English detective novel.Born into the family of painter William Collins in London, he lived with his family in Italy and France as a child and learned French and Italian. He worked as a clerk for a tea merchant. After his first novel Antonina was published in 1850, he met Charles Dickens, who became a close friend, mentor and collaborator. Some of Collins' works were first published in Dickens' journals All the Year Round and Household Words and the two collaborated on dramatic and fictional works.Collins published his best known works in the 1860s, achieved financial stability and an international reputation. During this time he began suffering from gout took opium for pain and developed an addiction. During the 1870s and '80s the quality of his writing declined along with his health.Collins was critical of the institution of marriage and never married; he split his time between Caroline Graves except for a 2 year separation, and his common law wife Martha Rudd with whom he had 3 children. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Elliott & Fry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
