The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins, Matthew Sweet - introduction

Narrated by: Tim McInnerny

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by acclaimed British actor Tim McInnerny, known for his many roles on stage and screen including in Notting Hill and Blackadder. This definitive edition includes an introduction by Matthew Sweet.

The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse, The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism.

Riveting

Fantastic performance of a suspenseful story. I could not stop listening. Great vocal characterizations, male and female. Many chapter endings were so creepy that I heard them and thought “Aaaa! What’s going to happen!” It’s also quite funny at points. Great acting, great writing, highly recommended.

The narrator and the story.

I loved the whole story. mysterious and exciting at the same time. brings back memories.