The Woman in Black
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For other uses, see The Woman in Black (disambiguation).
The Woman in Black is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill, about a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on it, also called The Woman in Black, was produced in 1989, with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale. In 2012, another film adaption was released starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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Author | Susan Hill |
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Cover artist | John Lawrence[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Ghost story, horror novel |
Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 10 October 1983 |
Pages | 200 |
ISBN | 0-241-10987-6 |
OCLC | 59164977 |
Followed by | The Woman in Black: Angel of Death |
Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20190503092144/https://www.susanhill.org.uk/product/the-woman-in-black/ |
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The book has also been adapted into a stage play by Stephen Mallatratt. The original London production ran 13,232 performances and is the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap.