Author(s): Collins, Wilkie
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA586312
Barcode: 9789626348635
Release Date: 04/2008

COLLINS, W.: Woman in White (The) (Abridged)

A dark and humid night on a London highway… a ghostly woman asking directions... and the reader is away on a tale of deceit, murder, madness, stolen identities and scheming cads, elaborate plots and outrageous coincidences, in the company of some of the most extraordinary characters in fiction.

Hailed as a classic the moment it was written in 1859, The Woman in White uses ten different narrators to tell the tale of a man's determination to save the woman he loves, in the face of the worst intentions of the sly Sir Percival Glyde and the magnificent Count Fosco.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Collins, Wilkie - Author
1 The Story begun by Walter Hartright 05:36
2 I had now arrived at that particular point of my walk… 06:59
3 My travelling instructions directed me to go to Carlisle… 05:36
4 I found myself in a large, lofty room… 05:50
5 When dinner was over… 05:44
6 The days passed on, the weeks passed on… 05:02
7 I had been engaged with the drawings… 07:13
8 As soon as we were alone again… 05:40
9 She was so absorbed over her employment… 06:26
10 Half an hour later I was back at the house… 03:36
11 On the west terrace walk I met Mr. Gilmore. 05:14
12 The Story continued by Vincent Gilmore 07:21
13 A week passed, after my return to London… 08:33
Disc 2
1 Leaving by an early train, I got to Limmeridge… 03:20
2 The Story continued by Marian Halcombe 07:29
3 November 15th – Three letters for me. 06:02
4 The 2nd Epoch – The Story continued by Marian Halcombe 07:02
5 June 15th – I think I must begin… 04:25
6 He looks like a man who could tame anything… 04:42
7 June 16th – A visitor has arrived… 05:29
8 The boat-house was large enough to hold us all… 05:36
9 June 17th – Just as my hand was on the door… 06:05
10 After some pondering, I determined to write… 06:53
11 June 18th – The speculations in which we might… 04:35
12 I was aroused by a hand laid on my shoulder… 06:32
13 It took me, for some distance, in the direction… 05:19
14 I closed the door again… 05:00
Disc 3
1 June 19th – Madame Fosco was alone in the hall… 05:40
2 Once safely shut into my own room… 07:40
3 There was another pause. The Count moved… 06:14
4 June 20th – Eight o'clock. The sun is shining… 03:40
5 The Story continued by Frederick Fairlie 06:41
6 My letter produced its effect. 05:57
7 The Story continued by Eliza Michelson 05:25
8 On the evening of the third day… 07:05
9 The Count and Countess Fosco had left… 05:34
10 I could say nothing. For a minute or more… 05:32
11 The Story continued in Several Narratives – Hester Pinhorn, The Doctor and The Tombstone 06:16
12 The Narrative of Walter Hartright 04:14
13 The 3rd Epoch – The Story continued by Walter Hartright 08:18
Disc 4
1 Lady Glyde's recollection of the events… 06:49
2 After consulting with Marian, I resolved to begin… 07:28
3 The way to the Secret lay through the mystery… 06:12
4 The Count, after looking at her very attentively… 07:42
5 My heart beat fast – I thought I had my hand on the clue… 06:16
6 The next object of inquiry… 05:14
7 When the third day came I was ready for my journey… 07:01
8 The vestry of Old Welmingham Church… 06:01
9 He opened the door of one of the presses… 08:00
10 It was just getting dark. 06:13
11 I saw the fire slowly conquered. 05:20
12 The Story continued by Mrs. Catherick 05:51
Disc 5
1 Well, being settled in this way… 04:02
2 The Story continued by Walter Hartright 06:58
3 It must not be supposed that the interval of rest… 06:44
4 Up to this time I had never once set eyes on Count Fosco… 06:35
5 As soon as we two were alone in his room… 06:41
6 Not the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind… 06:38
7 I took Pesca's acknowledgement of the receipt of my letter… 08:41
8 The Story continued by Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco 06:46
9 The servants were the next encumbrances… 06:02
10 On the morning of the 26th… 04:57
11 The Story concluded by Walter Hartright 06:15
12 My journey to Paris was not undertaken alone… 05:26
13 The summer and autumn passed after my return… 02:52

Total Playing Time: 06:32:19