The Woman in White (novel)
1860 novel by Wilkie Collins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1860 and set from 1849 to 1850. It started its publication on 26 November 1859 and its publication was completed on 25 August 1860. It is a mystery novel and falls under the genre of "sensation novels".
Author | Wilkie Collins |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery novel, Sensation novel |
Publisher | All the Year Round |
Publication date | 26 November 1859 – 25 August 1860 |
OCLC | 41545143 |
Preceded by | The Dead Secret |
Followed by | No Name |
The story can be seen as an early example of detective fiction with protagonist Walter Hartright employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narrators (including nearly all the principal characters) draws on Collins's legal training,[1][2] and as he points out in his preamble: "the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one witness". Collins also drew on memories of his father, the artist William Collins, in the creation of drawing master Walter Hartright, and populates his story with a number of Italian characters, likely inspired by two years spent in Italy during childhood.
In 2003, Robert McCrum writing for The Observer listed The Woman in White number 23 in "the top 100 greatest novels of all time",[3] and the novel was listed at number 77 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.[4]