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Serialised Victorian novel written by [[Wilkie Collins]].
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''The Woman in White'' is a serialised Victorian novel written by [[Wilkie Collins]].


Walter Hartright, a young drawing master from [[Victorian London]], gets a job teaching art to two young women, half-sisters Marian Halcombe and Laura Fairlie, at Limmeridge house in Cumberland. He soon is tangled in a web of dastardly deeds involving an [[Arranged Marriage]] and a [[Mysterious Waif]] in the form of escaped mental patient Anne Catherick.
Walter Hartright, a young drawing master from [[Victorian London]], gets a job teaching art to two young women, half-sisters Marian Halcombe and Laura Fairlie, at Limmeridge house in Cumberland. He soon is tangled in a web of dastardly deeds involving an [[Arranged Marriage]] and a [[Mysterious Waif]] in the form of escaped mental patient Anne Catherick.


The book is often considered the first Victorian sensation novel, and has been adapted into a play, several films and an [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] musical.
The book is often considered the first Victorian sensation novel, and has been adapted into a play, several films and an [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] musical.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Count Fosco.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Count Fosco.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Percival Glyde to Laura Fairlie.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Percival Glyde to Laura Fairlie.
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* [[The Reveal]]: The truth of Professor Pesca is one of many. This is, after all, a serialized sensation novel.
* [[The Reveal]]: The truth of Professor Pesca is one of many. This is, after all, a serialized sensation novel.
* [[Sexless Marriage]]: Fortunately for Laura, implied for her and her husband; Sir Percival assures Fosco that there's no chance of Laura producing heirs.
* [[Sexless Marriage]]: Fortunately for Laura, implied for her and her husband; Sir Percival assures Fosco that there's no chance of Laura producing heirs.
* [[Tenchi Solution]]: Hinted at with Walter, Laura, and Marian at the end.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Marian and Laura.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Marian and Laura.
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Two half-sisters (not Marian and Laura).
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Two half-sisters (not Marian and Laura).
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* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Collins got annoyed by reviewers who nitpicked about mistakes in dating, which he later fixed in a future edition. He consoled himself by thinking that [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|Shakespeare was guilty of the same thing]].
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Collins got annoyed by reviewers who nitpicked about mistakes in dating, which he later fixed in a future edition. He consoled himself by thinking that [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|Shakespeare was guilty of the same thing]].
* [[You Got Spunk]]: Marian, in Fosco's opinion. And he ''likes'' spunk.
* [[You Got Spunk]]: Marian, in Fosco's opinion. And he ''likes'' spunk.
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=== The musical adaptation provides examples of: ===
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Marian. Good GOD, Marian. In the book, she's described as being ugly and masculine. In the musical, she's ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111009183137/http://ruthiehenshall.com/images/pics/gallery_womaninwhite_easel.jpg this].'' The tradeoff, however, is that she's ''still'' considered undesirable, except this time it's due to being a [[Christmas Cake]] in her late thirties rather than young and ugly.
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Marian. Good GOD, Marian. In the book, she's described as being ugly and masculine. In the musical, she's ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111009183137/http://ruthiehenshall.com/images/pics/gallery_womaninwhite_easel.jpg this].'' The tradeoff, however, is that she's ''still'' considered undesirable, except this time it's due to being a [[Christmas Cake]] in her late thirties rather than young and ugly.
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The Woman in White
Written by: Wilkie Collins
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Genre(s): Detective fiction
First published: 1860
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The Woman in White is a serialised Victorian novel written by Wilkie Collins.

Walter Hartright, a young drawing master from Victorian London, gets a job teaching art to two young women, half-sisters Marian Halcombe and Laura Fairlie, at Limmeridge house in Cumberland. He soon is tangled in a web of dastardly deeds involving an Arranged Marriage and a Mysterious Waif in the form of escaped mental patient Anne Catherick.

The book is often considered the first Victorian sensation novel, and has been adapted into a play, several films and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Tropes used in The Woman in White include:

The musical adaptation provides examples of:

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