A drawing master meets a mysterious woman dressed in white on a moonlit road
What it is about
Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher, is walking on a lonely road one night when he meets a woman dressed all in white who seems to be in flight. Soon he takes a job at a country house, where he meets Laura Fairlie and sees how closely she resembles the strange woman. The novel is narrated by several voices.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want an early mystery classic.
What you will get
A long but gripping Victorian page-turner. Count Fosco is one of fiction’s great villains.
The Woman in White Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Classics · Sensation novel · Mystery · Victorian
Length
672 pages · ≈ 19 h
More about this book
Characters
Walter Hartright, Laura Fairlie, Marian Halcombe and Count Fosco.
Setting
Victorian England.
What makes it different
One of the first great mystery novels, built from witness accounts.
Feel
Suspenseful and gothic.
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