Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

»William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

The Woman in White

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1860 and set from 1849 to 1850. It started its publication on 26 November 1859 and its publication was completed on 25 August 1860. It is a mystery novel and falls under the genre of "sensation novels". « (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 19^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Assault

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Delyfer, Catherine. »The Palpable Legacy of Mid-Victorian Sensation Fiction: Sarah Waters’s Fingersmith (2002) and its Dialogue with Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White (1860).« Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens No. 101 (2025).

[Info] Jajszczok, Justyna. »Infectious Corruption: Sexual Violence in Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White and Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith.« Erotic Discourses in History, Culture and the Arts. Edited by Aleksandra Musiał-Pudełko et al. New York 2026: 26-36.

II. Speaker Index