The Woman in White

Brief Overview

The Woman in White is a mystical detective novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1859-1860. The story begins with the encounter of the drawing master Walter Hartright with a mysterious Woman in White on a deserted road. This meeting sets off a series of events in which Walter, along with sisters Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe, attempts to unravel the mystery of the woman's identity and expose a villainous conspiracy centered around Laura's inheritance. The novel is structured through alternating narratives from different characters, creating a multifaceted and captivating plot full of deception and intrigue, and is considered one of the earliest examples of the detective genre and a multi-perspective novel.