The Woman in White (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)
Marian and her sister Laura live a quiet life under their uncle’s guardianship until Laura’s marriage to Sir Percival Glyde, who is a man of many secrets. Could he be connected to the strange appearances of a young woman dressed all in white? And what does his charismatic friend, Count Fosco—whose white pet mice enjoy running in and out of his waistcoat—have to do with it all? Marian and the girls’ drawing master, Walter, must turn detective in order to uncover the truth and to protect Laura from a fatal plot.
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an extremely popular writer during his lifetime and the author of more than 20 novels. His most acclaimed works include Armadale (1866), The Moonstone (1868), and No Name (1862).
"The various women of the book—in white and otherwise—are wonderfully real." —Elizabeth Kostova
"To Mr Collins belongs the credit of having introduced into ficiton those most mysterious of mysteries, the mysteries which are at our own doors." —Henry James
"A hypochondriac uncle, two girls who look identical, a count with a penchant for mesmerism and vanilla bonbons, a lunatic asylum, an evil husband . . . What more could you want?" —Maggie O’Farrell