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Good Vibrations: The Sensationalization of Masculinity in The Woman in White

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From: Novel
Date: 20031001
Author:Ablow, Rachel

At the center of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White is a problem that masquerades as a solution. Walter Hartright's almost unique ability to identify his wife is presented as the answer to the question of how she will be restored to her rightful position in society. According to him, she is Laura, Lady Clyde, born Fairlie, heir to the house and estate of Limmeridge. Yet for most of the second half of the novel she has no legal claim to that name or to the property attached to it, she does not look like Laura, and she is unable to say who she is or what has happened to her. Consequently, ...

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