The Woman in White

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is a pioneering sensation novel published in 1859-1860, renowned for its gripping mystery and intricate narrative structure told through multiple perspectives. The story begins when drawing teacher Walter Hartright encounters a mysterious woman dressed in white on a moonlit road, who vanishes after revealing cryptic warnings; this figure, Anne Catherick, shares an uncanny resemblance to the beautiful heiress Laura Fairlie, whom Walter later tutors at Limmeridge House. As Laura becomes entangled in a sinister marriage to the scheming baronet Sir Percival Glyde and his accomplice, the hypnotic Count Fosco, a web of deception unfolds involving identity swaps, forged documents, and institutional confinement to seize her fortune, all while Laura’s loyal half-sister Marian Halcombe courageously unravels the plot.