About this title: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest 'Sensation Novel'. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. The novel is dominated by two of the finest creations in all Victorian fiction - Marion Halcombe, dark, mannish, yet irresistibly fascinating, and Count Fosco, the sinister and flamboyant 'Napoleon of Crime'. A masterwork of intricate construction, The Woman in White sets new standards of suspense and excitement, and achieved sales which topped even those of ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-05-15
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 752 pages. The woman in white is the first and greatest `sensation novel'. walter hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. this new critical edition is the first to use the manuscript of the novel. john sutherland examines collins's contribution to victorian fiction, traces his practices as a creator of plot, and provides a chronology of the novel's complicated events. ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196 High by 129 Wide by 32 deep in mm. (752) the woman in white (1859-60) is the first and greatest 'sensation novel'. walter hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. the novel is dominated by two of the finest creations in all victorian fiction-marion halcombe, dark, mannish, yet irresistibly fascinating, and count fosco, the sinister and flamboyant 'napoleon of crime ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
Description: The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel. " Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edi... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
Description: The Woman in White is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel'. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780199535637ISBN:0199535639
Description: PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel. " Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use theoriginal manuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to ... read more
"What I learned from this book (in no particular order) :
1. Italians are excitable, dedicated to the opera, and most likely to be involved with organized crime.
2. Beware of fat, jolly Italian counts with submissive wives and fondness of white mice and canaries.
3. Watch out if your newly wed husband lives in a stately pile with an abandoned wing full of creepy Elizabethan furniture. If the said ancestral house is surrounded by dark ponds and eerie woods, expect the worst.
4. A Baronet is not always noble, and his impressive manor and estate might be mortgaged to the hilt. Instead of being the lady of the house, you might be forced to pay HIS debts. Make sure that the marriage settlement is settled in your favor before marrying.
5. Never marry for convenience or enter into any legal agreement when you are: a. under age; b. sentimental and easily persuadable; c. prone to swooning and fainting.
6. Intelligent, resourceful women are likely to be mannish, and even actually HAVE a mustache, but are strong and have good figures. They can also be relied on to provide intelligent conversation when your beautiful but fragile wives are too busy swooning.
7. Shutting yourself up in a medieval vestry full of combustible materials with a candle for lighting is NOT advisable. Always have your minions do the dirty work.
8. Being 'feeble in mind' is enough reason to get you committed into an asylum for the mentally ill. So is knowing some secret that you might accidentally blurt out to strangers.
9. You CAN marry someone who is legally dead. Nobody bothered to check the civil registry records in those good old days.
10. A ménage a trois is fun, but you have to marry at least ONE of them first to preserve Victorian propriety."
"this is a weighty relic of a book. its pretty enjoyable, just dont expect any surprises, unless you have missed the last 20 years of police procedurals on the television set. im sure in its day it was chock full of surprises, but i have to shudder at the contrivance of characters talking aloud to themselves while unknown to them, people hide in cupboards or whatnot, overhearing exactly the information they are most desirous of. it does make me yearn for these times when it seems pulling a con was childs play: no paper trails, no integrity of the postal service... so much trust.. so much weakness... in this society, i would be some kind of pirate queen, stealing identities at will, capturing heiresses, forging signatures.. and i would never, ever, make private, compromising, confessions in my chamber."
"Five stars not versus anything at any time, but for what it was at the time. Great characters and a well drawn mystery in 1860, before others were doing it. Fascinating to watch the plot unfurl using the tracking and deducing of the time -- diaries, letters, eavesdropping, following on foot and attacks in the road. The British post and rail system were awesome! And so were servants.
Collins does a great job with characters -- very believable and he captures different voices and uses them to unfurl the plot. Excellent job using different people at different times to tell the story. There's a lovely weak wimpy heroine and an ugly strong loving heroine -- guess who gets the men.
Well done! By Wilkie Collins, a good friend of Charles Dickens."
"This book is the greatest mystery story I've ever read! The character development is superb and the story is absolutely captivating! I could not put it down for the life of me (apologies to my hubby for the house going to pot while I read it). Published in 1860 and the author considered to be the father of all English mystery novels, it is still a great mystery by today's standards. I think it is a much more intelligent mystery than many modern day novels. A true classic and one that you will not regret reading!"
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