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The woman in white / William Wilkie Collins ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Sutherland.

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 (author.). Sutherland, John, 1938- (editor,, writer of introduction.).

Summary:

Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, & international intrigue. In this new edition, John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to Victorian fiction, traces his practices as a creator of plot, & provides a chronology of the novel's complicated events.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780199535637 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxxvi, 702 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published as a World Classics paperback 1996"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > England > History > Fiction.
Psychiatric hospital patients > Fiction.
Young women > England > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling > Fiction.
Fraud > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
England > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Genre: Gothic fiction.
Romance fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Oxford University Press
    The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use the original manuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to Victorian fiction, traces his practices as a creator of plot, and provides a chronology of the novel's complicated events.

    About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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