White woman

Author: Wilkie Collins and Zhu Huijing
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The painter Hartelet falls in love with Laura Furlong, a wealthy young girl; however, Laura has been promised to the charming and roguish Sir Perthwell by her deceased father. One night, Hartelet encounters a white-clad woman on the road who bears a striking resemblance to Laura—she has just escaped from a lunatic asylum. She claims to possess a terrible crime committed by Sir Perthwell and warns that Laura's marriage to him would be extremely dangerous. Subsequently, Hartelet discovers that he is being followed in London, and his life is in peril.