This technique was copied by other novelists, including Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (1897), although by the end of the 19th century the technique was considered “old-fashioned”. Collins used this technique in his other novels, including The Moonstone. Some of the plot of The Woman in White was inspired by events from Wilkie Collins’ real life. This creates a complex web in which readers are unsure which narrator can, and cannot, be trusted.

The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn take up the telling of the story. The Woman in White was the first great sensation novel. Roger Luckhurst considers how Wilkie Collins's intricately plotted novel borrows elements from realist and Gothic fiction, and combines suspense and stimulation. Plot summary edit Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodvilles family this decision worries Valerias family and friends. It is not quite as sensational in style as The Moonstone and The Woman in White.

It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of ’sensation novels’…. Novel English 23/10/14 Synopsis This is the story of what a Womans patience can endure, and what a Mans resolution can achieve. The Woman in White was the first great sensation novel. The Law and the Lady is a detective story, published in 1875 by Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Woman in White

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