The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White, published in 1859, is regarded as one of the first and best, in the genre of mystery novels. Late one night, a young art teacher, Walter Hartright, meets a strange woman dressed in white on a lonely road. She seems to be connected to the Limmeridge family, whose daughters he is going to teach. Walter's attempts to solve the mystery of the woman leads him down a dangerous path of suspense, madness and death.