«Am I to blame that your skeleton opened the cabinet door by itself and caught my eye?»
The Woman in White ranks right on the list of the 100 Greatest Novels of All Time and belongs to the finest examples of English literature.
Walter Hartright, who received the unhindered position of a drawing teacher in a secluded estate, meets a mysterious stranger on the way there. Having decided to understand the circumstances of this meeting, the artist finds himself drawn into a mysterious story, full of family secrets carefully kept for years. Secrets dangerous for everyone — and above all for those who try to uncover them …
Translated into many languages, filmed more than once, written more than a hundred years ago, the novel today captures the reader with a tense plot, as if it was created only yesterday.
Wilkie Collins is an English writer, one of the pioneers of modern detective literature, a recognized master of intrigue, skillfully combining the mysterious and the romantic in his works.
— one of the best books in recent years;
— a classic novel of the 19th century with notes of gothic and detective story;
— great storytelling language;
— mystery, strange incidents, mysterious deaths.
Ps Down with long boring reviews!
(Ekaterina Petrina)
Publisher: «Glagol» dubbing studio, 2019
Reader: Dmitry Orgin
Proofreader: Lyubov Germanovna Karetnikova
Editing: Anna Kravtsova
Translation: Tatiana Ivanovna Leshchenko-Sukhomlina
Cover: Anna Kolesnichenko
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