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I come to this book having already having read Wilkie Collins's novel The Moonstone. Because of this, I found his use of multiple narrators repetitive and not as well done, which is admittedly unfair as The Moonstone is a later novel and reflects his greater experience with the technique (not to mention what I thought was a more natural explanation for the employment of the multiple retrospective accounts). Still, I found The Woman in White inferior in other respects as well; the central mystery
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Walter Hartright, a teacher of drawing, has been engaged by Mr Fairlie of Limmeridge House to instruct his two nieces. As he begins the journey to the estate he encounters a mysterious woman dressed all in white. He helps her get on her way and later discovers she is escaped from an insane asylum. When he arrives at the estate he first meets Miss Marian Halcombe, the older half-sister of Miss Laura Fairlie. Marian is a forthright, intelligent woman, but not at all attractive. Laura is a sh ...more
Walter Hartright, a teacher of drawing, has been engaged by Mr Fairlie of Limmeridge House to instruct his two nieces. As he begins the journey to the estate he encounters a mysterious woman dressed all in white. He helps her get on her way and later discovers she is escaped from an insane asylum. When he arrives at the estate he first meets Miss Marian Halcombe, the older half-sister of Miss Laura Fairlie. Marian is a forthright, intelligent woman, but not at all attractive. Laura is a sh ...more
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The Woman in White is a 19th century mystery. While on his way home one night, Walter Hartright is startled by the appearance of a mysterious woman dressed all in white who seems to be in distress. Hartright assists the woman by helping her find a ride to her destination. The woman asks him to reassure her that he does not know any Barons before she accepts his help. Hartright is intrigued by the mysterious encounter, especially since the woman mentions fond feelings for the family he is soon to ...more
I feel the need to talk about a book that has been published round about 150 years ago and is, if not forgotten, but certainly not considered amongst the main novels of its time. I'm talking about a book that is stunningly catching in its setup and course, with the story being told by many different people that were close to the events at that time. A novel of suspense where the main heroines don't know who to trust and who to fear, and why people they should better fear seem to help them- or ma
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Well written mystery in old England.
La soirée s'écoula sans qu'elle s'adressât un mot ni un regard. Elle demeura assise au piano, et moi à la table de jeu. Elle ne cessa pas un moment de jouer, comme si en jouant elle se fuyait elle-même.
Ainsi le fantôme habillé de blanc qui a hanté ces pages comme il a hanté ma vie est-il retourné aux ténèbres. Comme une ombre il m'était apparu dans la solitude de la nuit, comme une ombre il s'est évanoui dans la solitude de la mort. ...more
Ainsi le fantôme habillé de blanc qui a hanté ces pages comme il a hanté ma vie est-il retourné aux ténèbres. Comme une ombre il m'était apparu dans la solitude de la nuit, comme une ombre il s'est évanoui dans la solitude de la mort. ...more
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