 First edition | |
| Author | Susan Hill |
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| Cover artist | John Lawrence[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Ghost story, horror novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 10 October 1983 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 200 |
| ISBN | 0-241-10987-6 |
| OCLC | 59164977 |
| Followed by | The Woman in Black: Angel of Death |
| Website | Archive |
The Woman in Black is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill, about a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on it, also called The Woman in Black, was produced in 1989, with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale. In 2012, another film adaption was released starring Daniel Radcliffe.
The book has also been adapted into a stage play by Stephen Mallatratt. The original London production ran 13,232 performances and is the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap.
- ^ "Blackwell Books Online". Rarebooks.blackwell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.