![]() Collins studied to be a lawyer and, in the Preamble, he explains why he uses various narrators to tell the story. ![]() Collins was a gifted wordsmith and one of the best known, best loved, and, for a time, best paid of Victorian fiction writers.įriendship is a thread throughout the story as well as contrasting themes of selflessness and selfishness, bravery and cowardice, loyalty and treachery. There are twists, turns, and false trails, as well as some very humorous descriptions of different characters. It is a wonderfully written blend of melodrama, mystery and Victorian-style identity theft. There are certain elements common to Victorian novels and The Woman in White has all the complexities of Dickens (but a few less characters and so easier to follow) the exploration of character that Gaskell does so beautifully the thwarted love that Charlotte Bronte depicts in Jane Eyre, and the physical and psychological violence of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Wilkie Collins lived between 18 and his life overlapped those of other well-known Victorian authors whose books I’ve enjoyed reading: ![]() The Woman in White is an exciting and complex story with a memorable cast of heroes, villains, and sundry other interesting characters. ![]()
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