The Woman In White, Illustrated

Our story beings with Walter Hartright helpfully telling us that he's about to tell us a sto So Walter is an art teacher who lands a gig teaching two sisters how to draw. Before heading out to the sisters' house, he meets a mysterious woman dressed entirely in white who has just escaped from a lunatic asylum. Walter heads to Limmeridge House, where he promptly becomes BFFs with the older sister, Marian, and falls in love with the younger sister, Laura. Marian and Walter investigate the woman in white, who is named Anne Catherick and who bears a weird resemblance to Laura. But then Walter has to leave because of his love for Laura, who is already engaged to a dude named Sir Percival Glyde. Walter peaces out and Sir Percival arrives on the scene and woos his Laura some more for good measure. But Anne Catherick sends a letter to Laura prior to her fiancé's arrival. The letter tells Laura to stay away from Sir Percival—he's a creep.