![]() ![]() Collins liked to tackle social issues, and many of his novels contain sympathetic portraits of physically abnormal individuals. Collins's works center on mainstream Victorian domestic life. ![]() Sergeant Cuff from Collins's novel The Moonstone became a prototype of the detective hero in English fiction. Wilkie Collins was an English novelist who critics often credit with the invention of the English detective novel. Masterfully constructed, The Woman in White is dominated by two of the finest creations in all Victorian fiction-Marion Halcombe, dark, mannish, yet irresistibly fascinating, and Count Fosco, the sinister and flamboyant "Napoleon of Crime." Determined to learn all they can about the mysterious woman in white, the three soon find themselves drawn into a chilling vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. ![]() The next day Hartright, engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her half sister, tells his pupils about the strange events of the previous evening. The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems desperate to share a dark secret. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall audiences today. ![]() One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Charles Dickens. ![]()
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