The Woman In White Author Forename:Wilkie Two cases: a brutal assault

Two cases: a brutal assault

What follows is a tale of love and loss

after months of drought

Rather than go to prison

brought him home and splinted and set his mangled legs

The Woman In White Author Forename:Wilkie Two cases: a brutal assaultWritten in 1859, 'The Woman in White' sealed Wilkie Collins' reputation as the early master of detective fiction. Indeed, Collins considered it to be his best work. Using multiple narrators, Collins weaves a fine tale around the mysterious woman who dresses entirely in white and the uncovering of the family secret of Sir Percival Glyde. It highlights the unequal position of married women that existed at the time of Collins' writing of the work.