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, England
surface form: London
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
surface form: 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 by Susan Hill
this entity surface form: The Woman in Black
Jane Goldman basedScreenplayOn The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Arthur Kipps firstPublicationContext The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
this entity surface form: The Woman in Black (1983 novel)