The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins’ fifth published novel, The Woman in White caused unprecedented excitement when it appeared in 1859 and has not lost its capacity to thrill. It is arguably the author’s masterpiece and is widely regarded to be among the first mystery novels, as well as one of the first and finest in the genre of “sensation novels.” A tale of love, marriage, betrayal and mistrust, the gripping story is unraveled through diaries, first-hand accounts, and different points of view. The Woman In White recently came in at number 23 in an Observer newspaper poll of the top 100 greatest novels of all time. “One of the thousand novels everyone must read... the greatest and most inspirational of the Victorian sensation novels.” - The Guardian.