Wilkie Collins Adapted by Christopher Hall Activities by Frederick Garland Mystery & horror Late one night, on a lonely road near London, Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher, meets a solitary woman dressed in white. This is the opening scene of The Woman in White, a great Victorian sensation novel, full of mystery, excitement, and suspense. Who is the mysterious woman in white, and why is she alone on the road to London at midnight? Dossier: Victorian Asylums Exit test