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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

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Drawing teacher Walter Hartright encounters a mysterious woman in white before taking a position with a household where Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe live. Resemblances and alarming connections draw him into a complicated inquiry. Several witnesses contribute accounts as private suspicions develop into a struggle over identity and power.

59 sections246,702 wordsAbout 18 h 41 min
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About The Woman in White

The sequence of testimonies makes reading resemble the assembly of a case, while also exposing the limitations of each contributor. Legal and social authority do not guarantee that a vulnerable person will be believed. Follow letters, records, and changes of narrator for the difference between knowing something has happened and possessing evidence that others will accept.

Reading focus

Assemble the witnesses’ accounts while watching how documents and social authority determine whose identity and experience can be publicly recognized.

This reading edition contains 246,702 words in 59 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Wilkie Collins. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

(of Clement’s Inn, Teacher of Drawing)

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Contents

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  1. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — Opening narrative2 min
  2. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — II7 min
  3. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — III17 min
  4. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — IV16 min
  5. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — V4 min
  6. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — VI14 min
  7. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — VII14 min
  8. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — VIII28 min
  9. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — IX10 min
  10. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — X16 min
  11. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — XI14 min
  12. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — XII16 min
  13. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — XIII27 min
  14. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — XIV14 min
  15. First Epoch — Walter Hartright — XV22 min
  16. First Epoch — Vincent Gilmore — I17 min
  17. First Epoch — Vincent Gilmore — II19 min
  18. First Epoch — Vincent Gilmore — III19 min
  19. First Epoch — Vincent Gilmore — IV9 min
  20. First Epoch — Marian Halcombe — Limmeridge House, November 832 min
  21. First Epoch — Marian Halcombe — II30 min
  22. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — I26 min
  23. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — II29 min
  24. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — III30 min
  25. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — IV26 min
  26. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — V19 min
  27. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — VI41 min
  28. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — VII27 min
  29. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — VIII24 min
  30. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — IX32 min
  31. Second Epoch — Marian Halcombe — X6 min
  32. Second Epoch — Frederick Fairlie’s narrative35 min
  33. Second Epoch — Eliza Michelson — I34 min
  34. Second Epoch — Eliza Michelson — II42 min
  35. Second Epoch — Hester Pinhorn’s narrative12 min
  36. Second Epoch — Narratives of the Doctor, Jane Gould, the Tombstone and Walter Hartright11 min
  37. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — I5 min
  38. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — II30 min
  39. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — III16 min
  40. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — IV22 min
  41. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — V13 min
  42. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — VI13 min
  43. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — VII25 min
  44. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — VIII25 min
  45. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — IX23 min
  46. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — X33 min
  47. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright — XI14 min
  48. Third Epoch — Mrs. Catherick’s narrative25 min
  49. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — I7 min
  50. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — II23 min
  51. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — III13 min
  52. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — IV12 min
  53. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — V19 min
  54. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — VI12 min
  55. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright continued — VII25 min
  56. Third Epoch — Count Fosco’s narrative26 min
  57. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright concludes — I14 min
  58. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright concludes — II9 min
  59. Third Epoch — Walter Hartright concludes — III4 min

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