Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White
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The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
English · 1859–60 · Fiction
Wilkie Collins's sensation novel unfolds a conspiracy of identity and inheritance through several narrators, read for its sustained suspense and vivid characters.
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Dedication Preface to the Present Edition The Story Begun by Walter Hartright of Clement’s Inn, Teacher of Drawing Chapter I This is the story of what a woman’s patience can endure, and what a… Chapter II It was the last day of July. The long hot summer was drawing to a… Chapter III Pesca’s face and manner, on the evening when we confronted each other… Chapter IV The heat had been painfully oppressive all day, and it was now a… Chapter V “She has escaped from my asylum!” Chapter VI When I rose the next morning and drew up my blind, the sea opened… Chapter VII My conductor led me upstairs into a passage which took us back to the… Chapter VIII When I entered the room, I found Miss Halcombe and an elderly lady… Chapter IX So ended my eventful first day at Limmeridge House. Chapter X It was on a Thursday in the week, and nearly at the end of the third… Chapter XI Not a word more was said, on either side, as we walked back to the… Chapter XII Our inquiries at Limmeridge were patiently pursued in all directions… Chapter XIII The exposed situation of the churchyard had obliged me to be cautious… Chapter XIV Half an hour later I was back at the house, and was informing Miss… Chapter XV As we walked round to the front of the house a fly from the railway… The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore of Chancery Lane, Solicitor Chapter I I write these lines at the request of my friend, Mr. Walter… Chapter II We all met again at dinnertime. Chapter III A week passed, after my return to London, without the receipt of any… Chapter IV Leaving by an early train, I got to Limmeridge in time for dinner.… The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, in Extracts from Her Diary Chapter I This morning Mr. Gilmore left us. Chapter II November 27th.—My forebodings are realised. The marriage is fixed for… The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe Chapter I June 11th, 1850.—Six months to look back on—six long, lonely months… Chapter II I think I must begin by putting down an odd remark which has… Chapter III About two hours after Sir Percival rose from the luncheon-table to… Chapter IV “I must beg you to come downstairs again,” he said. “It is Fosco’s… Chapter V After dinner, while the favourable impression which he had produced… Chapter VI I lighted my candle at last, and searched through my old journals to… Chapter VII Judging by the closest calculation of time that Laura and I could… Chapter VIII I found no appearance of anyone having entered the room while I had… Chapter IX For ten minutes or more I sat idle, with the pen in my hand, thinking… Chapter X I count the hours that have passed since I escaped to the shelter of… The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge House The Story Continued by Eliza Michelson, Housekeeper at Blackwater Park Chapter I I am asked to state plainly what I know of the progress of Miss… Chapter II The next event that occurred was of so singular a nature that it… The Story Continued in Several Narratives I: The Narrative of Hester Pinhorn, Cook in the Service of Count Fosco II: The Narrative of the Doctor III: The Narrative of Jane Gould IV: The Narrative of the Tombstone V: The Narrative of Walter Hartright The Story Continued by Walter Hartright Chapter I I open a new page. I advance my narrative by one week. Chapter II My position is defined—my motives are acknowledged. The story of… Chapter III This was the story of the past—the story so far as we knew it then. Chapter IV No circumstance of the slightest importance happened on my way to the… Chapter V The story of my first inquiries in Hampshire is soon told. Chapter VI The address communicated by Mrs. Todd took me to a lodging-house… Chapter VII Thus far the information which I had received from Mrs.… Chapter VIII When I reached home again after my interview with Mrs. Clements, I… Chapter IX I left the house, feeling that Mrs. Catherick had helped me a step… Chapter X Once out of sight of the church, I pressed forward briskly on my way… Chapter XI The inquest was hurried for certain local reasons which weighed with… The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick The Story Continued by Walter Hartright Chapter I My first impulse, after reading Mrs. Catherick’s extraordinary… Chapter II It was between nine and ten o’clock before I reached Fulham, and… Chapter III Four months elapsed. April came—the month of spring—the month of… Chapter IV The course of this narrative, steadily flowing on, bears me away from… Chapter V The last notes of the introduction to the opera were being played… Chapter VI My first conviction as soon as I found myself outside the house, was… Chapter VII There was no lamp in the hall, but by the dim light of the kitchen… The Story Continued by Isidor, Ottavio, Baldassare Fosco; Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Brazen Crown, Perpetual Arch-Master of the Rosicrucian Masons of Mesopotamia; Attached (In Honorary Capacities) to Societies Musical, Societies Medical, Societies Philosophical, and Societies General Benevolent, Throughout Europe; etc. etc. etc. The Count’s Narrative The Story Concluded by Walter Hartright Chapter I When I closed the last leaf of the Count’s manuscript the half-hour… Chapter II Two more events remain to be added to the chain before it reaches… Chapter III The summer and autumn passed after my return from Paris, and brought… Get a printed copy via Print-on-Demand
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