The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins

Narrated by: various

Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

When Walter Hartright encounters the "solitary figure of a woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments" on a lonely road, he is haunted by her. He falls in love with his employer's niece, Laura, because she resembles the mysterious woman. Laura, however, is betrothed to the evil Sir Percival, who wishes to marry her for her money. The woman in white, it turns out, is Anne Catherick, who was confined in an asylum by the evil Sir Percival because she knew a devastating secret about him. Now he is determined to destroy Anne, disguise Laura as Anne and confine her, and obtain all of her money. The only one who can stop him is the courageous Marian Halcombe, Laura's half-sister.

A tremendous success when it was first published in 1860, The Woman in White still enthralls over a century later.

©1987 JimCin Recordings (P)1987 JimCin Recordings

Not a modern goth read...but...

DEFinitely a period piece and not really my normal cup o' tea ...but entertaining nonetheless. Not really terribly suspenseful for the modern reader but that's not the point as it' was written in a MUCH earlier time frame (Victorian?). The funny thing is that at certain points it actually played like a 1940-ish black & white murder movie in my head (starring Betty Davis, etc.). The fact that different parts of the story are read from different character points of view is part of what makes it an interesting read. Just keep in mind that this was DEFinitely written for a different audience with DIFferent agendas. Yes, it IS slow paced so KNOW this in advance :)