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    Summarized & Analyzed: "The Woman in White"
    Summarized & Analyzed: "The Woman in White"
    Summarized & Analyzed: "The Woman in White"
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    Summarized & Analyzed: "The Woman in White"

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    It is notable that “The Woman in White” is said to be one of the first mystery novels written in English. It is also said to be one of the first and finest novels in the sensation novel genre.

    The story has multiple narrators. Since Collins had had legal training, he draws upon it. Almost all the main characters, excpet for Laura, Anne, and Percival, are the narrators.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateOct 8, 2017
    ISBN9781370732470
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      Summarized & Analyzed: The Woman in White

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      Introduction

      About The Woman in White

      Plot Overview

      About Major Characters

      Complete Summary

      Critical Analysis

      Note

      Introduction

      Student World is a group of college lecturers and professors. We understand how high school and college students feel when they are given to read literature, especially classics. They generally get lost in the long and complex sentences, a parade of characters, and shifting narratives, thus making it difficult for them to make head from tail.

      Our guide books are written in very simple and clear language, without exaggerating the facts. We do not include our opinions and never become too subjective while analyzing the works of literature.

      We try to make our books as easy as possible for students to read them and learn from them so that when they read the original texts of the classics or other works of literature, they are prepared and they know what the work is about.

      In this book we have included introduction to the book, plot overview, about major characters, complete summary, and critical analysis.

      Although we know that some students do not want to read the original text because they prepare only to pass their exams or tests, yet we insist that they read the original text of The Woman in White so that they can understand the subtle aspects of the narrative which can't be presented in this treatise.

      All the best

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      About The Woman in White

      Wilkie Collins is without any doubt one of the most popular English novelists. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins was first published in 1859. It was the author’s fifth published novel. It is notable that The Woman in White is said to be one of the first mystery novels written in English. It is also said to be one of the first and finest novels in the sensation novel genre.

      The story has multiple narrators. Since Collins had had legal training, he draws upon it. Almost all the main characters, except for Laura, Anne, and Percival, are the narrators.

      The book is often included in the list of one hundred all time best novels. It was also included in the Big Read Survey conducted by the BBC. It was listed at number seventy-seven among the top one hundred all time best novels.

      When the book was first published, the clever businessmen of the time capitalized on the success of the novel. They sold Woman in White perfumes, hats, dresses, and cloaks in large numbers. Since the novel has a very dramatic plot, the people from the theatre found it very easily adaptable for the stage. Several stage adaptations of the book came and even today the trend continues.

      The book has also been made into successful movies more than once. The first one was as silent movie, but the Hollywood adaptations and a miniseries by the BBC were highly successful.

      Plot Overview

      The story has Walter Hartright as its protagonist. He is introduced at the beginning of the story. He happens to be a young art teacher. One day, he comes across a mysteriously dressed woman who seeks direction. The woman is dressed entirely in white. She is lost in London.

      Walter Hartright gives that woman the directions she needed. Later on, he is informed by the policemen that the woman had recently escaped from an asylum.

      Soon after his encounter with that mysterious woman dressed entirely in white, he visits Limmeridge House in Cumberland. We learn that he has been hired as an art teacher, having been recommended by his friend, Pesca. His friend happens to be an Italian language master.

      The narrator describes the Limmeridge household. Frederick Fairlie is an invalid. Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe are Walter’s students. Laura is Frederick Fairlie’s niece and Marian is Laura’s devoted half-sister.

      Looking at Laura’s face, Walter suddenly realizes that Laura has an astonishing resemblance to the woman in white he had met on the road in London. He learns that the people in the house know that woman in white by the name of Anne Catherick. She was a mentally disabled child and used to live near Limmeridge. It is also revealed that Anne was devoted to Laura’s mother and she had first dressed her in white.

      Walter begins to teach his students. A few months pass, but during that period, Walter and Laura happen to have fallen in love with each other, although Laura is betrothed to Sir Percival Glyde, Baronet.

      When Marian comes to know about their affair, she advises Walter to immediately leave Limmeridge.

      One day, Laura receives a warning letter sent by an anonymous person. The letter warns her not to marry Glyde. Walter immediately deduces that the letter has been sent by Anne. He meets Anne once again in Cumberland.

      During the conversation, he is sure that Glyde had sent Anne to the asylum. It is revealed that there are financial terms included in Laura’s marriage. If she dies without giving birth to a child, all her fortune will be given to Glyde. She confesses to Glyde that she loves another man, but he marries her in December

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