The cover page is adapted from Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, a painting completed in 1862 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abbott_McNeill_Whistlerwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Woman in White
Chapters (60)
- Dedication 0:00
- Preface to the Present Edition 0:14
- The First Epoch: The Story Begun by Walter Hartright of Clement’s Inn, Teacher of Drawing 4:34
- II 6:53
- III 15:27
- IV 39:50
- V 1:02:26
- VI 1:07:50
- VII 1:26:10
- VIII 1:46:15
- IX 2:26:16
- X 2:41:07
- XI 3:03:41
- XII 3:22:19
- XIII 3:43:40
- XIV 4:20:10
- XV 4:38:05
- The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore of Chancery Lane, Solicitor 5:07:48
- II 5:31:18
- III 5:56:20
- IV 6:21:52
- The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, in Extracts from Her Diary 6:33:59
- II 7:18:56
- The Second Epoch: The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe 8:00:30
- II 8:37:02
- III 9:17:21
- IV 9:58:10
- V 10:34:25
- VI 11:00:53
- VII 11:57:53
- VIII 12:34:39
- IX 13:07:45
- X 13:51:24
- The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge House 14:00:44
- The Story Continued by Eliza Michelson, Housekeeper at Blackwater Park 14:50:34
- II 15:37:31
- The Story Continued in Several Narratives 16:33:37
- The Third Epoch: The Story Continued by Walter Hartright 17:03:31
- II 17:10:24
- III 17:50:00
- IV 18:11:13
- V 18:40:22
- VI 18:57:02
- VII 19:12:54
- VIII 19:46:42
- IX 20:20:37
- X 20:50:44
- XI 21:34:06
- The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick 21:52:17
- The Story Continued by Walter Hartright 22:24:49
- II 22:33:34
- III 23:05:05
- IV 23:22:05
- V 23:38:02
- VI 24:04:04
- VII 24:19:34
- 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. 24:53:19
- The Story Concluded by Walter Hartright 25:31:17
- II 25:49:55
- III 26:00:40
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The Woman in White tells the story of Walter Hartright, a young and impoverished drawing teacher who falls in love with his aristocratic pupil, Laura Fairlie. He cannot hope to marry her, however, and she is married off against her will to a baronet, Sir Percival Glyde, who is seeking her fortune. The terms of her marriage settlement prevent Glyde accessing her money while she lives, so together with his deceptively charming and cunning friend, Count Fosco, they hatch an unscrupulous deception to do so nonetheless. In an early 19th Century version of “identity theft,” they contrive to fake Laura’s death and confine her to a mental asylum. Their plot is eventually uncovered and exposed by Hartright with the help of Laura’s resourceful half-sister, Marian Halcombe.
The Woman in White was the most popular of Wilkie Collins’ novels in the genre then known as “sensation fiction.” It has never been out of print and is frequently included in lists of the best novels of all time. Published initially in serial form in 1859–60, it achieved an early and remarkable following, probably because of the strength of its characters, in particular the smooth and charming but utterly wicked villain Count Fosco, and the intelligent and steadfast Marian Halcombe opposed to him.