The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill is a modern Gothic horror novel about a young solicitor who encounters a vengeful specter in a remote English village.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic horror novel ⓘ
ghost story ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs feature film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television film ⓘ
author Susan Hill ⓘ
centralConflict a young solicitor confronts a vengeful ghost ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featureFilmReleaseYear 2012 ⓘ
frameNarrative yes ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
ghost story ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
hasChildAudienceSuitability no ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptationActor Daniel Radcliffe ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptationDirector James Watkins ⓘ
hasStageAdaptationCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
hasStageAdaptationLongevity one of the longest-running plays in the West End ⓘ
hasStageAdaptationVenue West End ⓘ
hasTelevisionAdaptationBroadcaster ITV ⓘ
literaryMovement modern Gothic ⓘ
mainAntagonist Jennet Humfrye ⓘ
mainSupernaturalEntity the Woman in Black ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black
narrativePointOfView first-person ⓘ
notableCharacter Arthur Kipps ⓘ
Jennet Humfrye ⓘ
notableLocation Eel Marsh House ⓘ
Nine Lives Causeway ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement a cursed child death associated with sightings of the Woman in Black ⓘ
protagonist Arthur Kipps ⓘ
publicationYear 1983 ⓘ
publisher Hamish Hamilton ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingLocation Crythin Gifford ⓘ
Eel Marsh House ⓘ
stagePlayPremiereYear 1987 ⓘ
structure framed as a Christmas Eve ghost story ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
televisionFilmReleaseYear 1989 ⓘ
theme grief ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ
tone atmospheric ⓘ
eerie ⓘ

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Jane Goldman → wroteScreenplayFor → The Woman in Black ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Jane Goldman → basedScreenplayOn → The Woman in Black by Susan Hill ⓘ
Arthur Kipps → firstPublicationContext → The Woman in Black (1983 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Eel Marsh House → appearsIn → The Woman in Black (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Eel Marsh House → firstAppearance → The Woman in Black (1983 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Crythin Gifford → firstAppearance → The Woman in Black (1983 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Stella Kipps → firstAppearance → The Woman in Black (1983 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Jennet Humfrye → relatedWork → The Woman in Black (1983 novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Stephen Mallatratt → adaptedFrom → The Woman in Black (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Woman in Black (play) → basedOn → The Woman in Black (novel) ⓘ
subject linked to: Stephen Mallatratt
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Nine Lives Causeway → firstPublicationContext → novel The Woman in Black (1983) ⓘ
linked to: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill