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Quotation from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
“This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve.”
The Woman in White, First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, I (Project Gutenberg #583)
The opening sentence of the novel, before Walter explains why the case is told as a series of witnesses' statements.
Citation: "This is the story of what a Woman’s patience can endure, and what a Man’s resolution can achieve." — Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White, First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, I (Project Gutenberg #583). (id the-woman-in-white-q1)
Portrait: (William) Wilkie Collins by Rudolph Lehmann, Rudolf Lehmann, Public domain.
