{"product_id":"the-woman-in-white-wilkie-collins","title":"The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth, stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter becomes embroiled in the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons, and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatthew Sweet's introduction explores the phenomenon of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, and discusses Wilkie Collins's biographical and societal influences. Included in this edition are appendices on theatrical adaptations of the novel and its serialisation history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e512 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published November 25, 1859\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42274478293086,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/twiw.jpg?v=1765599968","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-woman-in-white-wilkie-collins","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}