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La donna in bianco ( The Woman in White) è un romanzo di Wilkie Collins scritto nel 1859. Uscì a puntate, secondo la tradizione dei feuilleton, nel 1859 - 1860, nella rivista di Charles Dickens All the Year Round, suscitando l'entusiasmo e l'ammirazione del pubblico.
She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller by Wilkie Collins has excitement, suspense, romance, and a plot that twists and turns on every page. Read more.
15 de may. de 2008 · The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use the original manuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to Victorian fiction, traces his ...
13 de nov. de 2020 · A leading sensation novelist of the 1860s, CollinsCollins, Wilkie is best known for The Woman in White (1860), which is generally seen as the first significant sensation novels and The Moonstone (1868), which is often termed the first English detective novel.
The Woman in White is generally regarded as the first Sensation Novel and inspired numerous imitations, most notably from Mary Braddon. The story is in part based on an eighteenth century case of abduction and wrongful imprisonment, taken from Mejan's Recueil des Causes Celebres. It uses the theme of substituted identity, a favourite with Collins, and also attacks the misuse of lunatic asylums.
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17 de abr. de 2008 · A masterwork of intricate construction, The Woman in White sets new standards of suspense and excitement, and achieved sales which topped even those of Dickens, Collins's friend and mentor. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
