Title: The Woman in White     

Author: Wilkie Collins

Genre: Classic Literature

Publisher: Penguin Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 647

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (Goodreads):

Like few novels before it, The Woman in White thrilled readers across England when it debuted in 1860. It famously opens with Walter Hartright’s eerie encounter on a moonlit road. Engaged as a drawing-master to beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his charming friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons, and poison…

Review:

I really enjoyed this book. Considered to be an early suspense novel, I enjoyed it for a different undertone; one that had to do with women’s rights. One of the main characters, Laura, married a man, which means her fortune and property gets handed over to her husband. The way that Collins depicted this was quite different for the time period as most people understood that a woman was under her husbands authority.

The woman in white herself didn’t play as large as a role as I was hoping but I don’t want to say much more for fear of spoiling something! Overall, I would say if you’re looking for a more modern suspense novel this isn’t the book for you, but if you’d like to take an earlier look into a classic mystery novel, then I recommend you check this out!

Happy reading!