Victorians! discussion

Welcome to the group reading of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins! It was published in 1860 and is considered to be one of Collins' more well-known and enduring works. I have gathered some information about the author and his contributions to literature. Please feel free to share any information sources you may find!

Wilkie Collins' Biography
https://www.wilkie-collins.info/wilki...

An Article in the Smithsonian Magazine - "The Sensation Novelist Who Exposed the Plight of Victorian Women"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...

Collins' Impact on Literature - "Wilkie Collins' Contribution to Victorian Literature"
https://www.thecollector.com/wilkie-c...

An Article from Wilkie Collins Society - "Neo-Victorian Collins: Legacies and Afterlives"
https://wilkiecollinssociety.org/neo-...

This is such a great book. Every time one read it i get caught up with a different character. :)

If you need access to a copy of the book, here are several options:

Project Gutenberg - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/583/5...

Full Text Archive - https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/...

Audiobook on Librivox - https://librivox.org/the-woman-in-whi...

I believe there are other versions out there, as well, so feel free to Google others if these do not work for you.

Reading Schedule:

Week 1: May 4-10: Ch. I-XI (from "The Story by Walter Hartright)
Week 2: May 11-17: Ch. XII-Ch III (through The End of Mr. Gilmore's Narrative)
Week 3: May 18-24: Ch. I-III (into The Second Epoch by Marian Holcombe)
Week 4: May 25-31: Ch. IV-VIII
Week 5: June 1-7: Ch. IX-II (through the end of The Story by Eliza Michelson
Week 6: June 8-14: The Story in Several Narratives-Ch. VII (of Story Continued by Walter Hartright)
Week 7: June 15-21: Ch. VIII-Ch. II (Back to Walter)
Week 8: June 22-28: Ch. III through end of book

The organization of this novel makes it somewhat difficult to break into sections, so I hope this makes sense.

Renee wrote: "This is such a great book. Every time one read it i get caught up with a different character. :)"

Me too Renee, I really enjoyed my introduction to Wilkie Collins. I remember I got obsessed while reading, constantly thinking what’s going to happen next.

I will see if I can join this, unsure yet as I’m already behind with my other books but excited to see the discussion if I don’t. Enjoy everyone :)

I really enjoyed this one; will try to join in as it's been a while since I read it.

I've read this twice! For those of you who haven't read it before-I hope you like it as much as I do!

I’ve not read this so I will try to get hold of a copy and join!

Hi - looking forward to reading this - thank you Cindy for the reading schedule 😊

I'm so glad to hear from those of you who are joining in the reading! This book contains two of my favorite literary characters (no spoilers yet) and I will be talking about them later on. I hope you will love them as much as I do! :)

Rosemarie wrote: "I've read this twice! For those of you who haven't read it before-I hope you like it as much as I do!"

I think I've read this twice before also, but it's been awhile. I'm looking forward to joining in!

I obtained my copy of woman in white sometime ago ready for this read and I will be joining in a weeks time when I return from vacation. I’ve already read the moonstone (by coincidence that was from a cruise ship library too), and if it’s half as good as that, I’ll be well pleased!

I'm planning to join in with this but will be starting a bit late as I'm currently half way through a different Wilkie Collins book! He is one of my favourite writers so it will be nice to share thoughts with other readers.

Looking forward to this. Thanks for setting it up. See you in the threads.

I'm looking forward to some great exchanges of ideas in the discussions!