The Woman in Black
About this book
"It was a Monday afternoon in November and already growing dark, not because of the lateness of the hour--it was barely three o'clock--but because of the fog, the thickest of London pea-soupers.' So begins Arthur Kipps' account of the terrible events at Eel Marsh House. When he was instructed to take the train to the north, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Alice Drablow in Crythin Gifford, he imagined that it would be one of those formalities which all young, up-and-coming solicitors must tolerate: there would be a certain number of papers to sift through, the will to be read, the funeral itself. But the house out on the marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway held many secrets. There was the rocking chair in the nursery. There was the sound of a pony and trap. And there was the women in black. Arthur Kipps' life was dramatically, tragically, altered by what he saw and heard and discovered in Eel Marsh House. It was only years later that he could find the courage to place every terrifying detail on record."--Book jacket.
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 85506 readers · 192 pages · ≈ 3 h 33 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Woman in Black?
About ≈ 3 h 33 m — 192 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Woman in Black?
192 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Woman in Black?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Has The Woman in Black been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include The Woman in Black (2012).
Is The Woman in Black in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Woman in Black?
Susan Hill.