Late one night on a lonely road a young art teacher, Walter
Hartright, meets a strange woman dressed all in white.
They talk together and Walter is puzzled by the fact that
the woman knows a member of the family he is about to
start work with. Walter goes to Limmeridge House and
starts his new job, teaching art to two half sisters, Laura
Fairlie and Marian, whose parents are both dead. He falls
in love with Laura, who closely resembles the ‘woman in
white’, but Laura marries another man, as she promised
to her father. She is unhappy, as her husband is interested
only in her money. He also has a terrible secret that the
‘woman in white’ knows. He and his sinister friend plot
to steal Laura’s money by substituting the ‘woman in
white’ for Laura. But Laura’s husband dies in a fire trying
to eliminate the traces of his forgery. Laura and Walter
reunite and get married.
PART 1
Chapter 1: One night Walter meets a strange woman
dressed all in white. They talk together and Walter is very
much surprised to hear the woman talking about the place
and the family he is on his way to see. Before he can ask
her any questions, she disappears.
Chapter 2: Walter goes to Cumberland. At Limmeridge
House he meets his pupils, Marian and Laura, who
are half-sisters. Walter notices that Laura resembles the
‘woman in white’ very much. He tells Marian about the
strange woman. She is keen to help him solve the mystery.