The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Hartrights Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his charming friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The new paperback series- Penguin English LibraryIn one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop ... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth ... stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in whiteThe Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartrights eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his charming friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism. Author Biography William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868), considered the first modern English detective novel. Promotional The first and greatest of the bestselling Victorian thrillers known as sensation novels, The Woman in White opens with a chilling encounter between drawing teacher Walter Hartright and a ghostly female figure on a moonlit road. Promotional "Headline" The first and greatest of the bestselling Victorian thrillers known as sensation novels, The Woman in White opens with a chilling encounter between drawing teacher Walter Hartright and a ghostly female figure on a moonlit road. Details ISBN0141389435 Author Wilkie Collins Year 2012 ISBN-10 0141389435 ISBN-13 9780141389431 Media Book Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.8 Birth 1824 Death 1889 Short Title WOMAN IN WHITE WILKIE COLLINS Language English Residence US Pages 736 Imprint Penguin Classics Format Paperback UK Release Date 2012-11-29 Series The Penguin English Library Publication Date 2012-11-29 Alternative 9780141973968 Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-01-06 AU Release Date 2013-01-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:47907234;

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