And most importantly, Laura is engaged to the man whom her father chose - this is Baronet Sir Percival Glide, the owner of a large estate in Hampshire.
They are separated by the abyss of social and property inequality, because Laura is noble and rich, she is the heiress of Limmeridge. Meanwhile, as often happens, the teacher and student, Walter and Laura, fell in love. Marian and Walter keep their discovery a secret. Here, William realizes that strange feeling that he had more than once when looking at Laura: a woman in white was surprisingly reminiscent of Laura, only lost weight and turned pale or survived grief. Fairley became attached to the girl because of her resemblance to Laura, and little Anna, answering her patroness with fervent love, swore in her honor to walk always only in white. Walter tells Marian about his meeting with a woman in white, and she, intrigued, finds in her letters to her mother a mention of the girl Anna Katerik. Frederick Fairley, their uncle, a bachelor and a terrible egoist, the one who suggested Walter's job. Fairley from her first marriage, an ugly, but charming and energetic brunette, her mother's sister Laura Fairley, a gentle and gentle blonde, and Mr. This is Marian Golcombe, the daughter of the late Mrs. Walter Hartwright arrives in Limmeridge, gets acquainted with its inhabitants. They are looking for her to return to the madhouse, from where she escaped. Walter helps a stranger catch a keb and almost immediately after her departure he sees a stroller with two riders asking about a “woman in white”. Then, with anger and fear, he recalls a baronet from Hampshire, not mentioning, however, his name. The mention of Hartwright about the places where he will go, causes a stranger unexpected excitement.
Returning home in a late hot evening, he unexpectedly meets a strange woman dressed up in white from head to toe on a deserted road. Before leaving, Walter comes to say goodbye to his mother and sister, who live in the suburbs of London. Young London-based artist Walter Hartright, on the recommendation of his friend, Italian professor Peski, gets a position as a painting teacher at Limmerridge in Cumberland, on the estate of Frederick Fairley, Esq. The action takes place in England in 1850. British literature summaries - Short summary - The Woman in White William Wilkie Collins
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