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** It's somewhat mitigated in the musical by [[AgeLift making Marian]] [[OldMaid unmarried and in her late thirties to early forties]] after spending her most marriageable years by Victorian standards taking care of their ill uncle, making her less socially advantaged than Laura for a different reason instead of ignoring the discrepancies in their eligibility altogether.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: The two antagonists are a Count and a Baronet.
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* GeniusSweetTooth: Fosco, unless it's just part of his {{Villainous Glutton}}y.
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* SweetTooth: Fosco loves sweets.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Count Fosco hums Radames's aria from ''[[Theatre/AidaVerdi Aida]]''. However, ''Aida'' premiered eleven years after Collins's novel was even written.
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* CanonForeigner: Walter, Marian and Laura’s sharp-tongued landlady.
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* CanonForeigner: Walter, Marian and Laura’s The sharp-tongued landlady. landlady whose house Walter, Laura and Marian rent while on the run.
-->'''The landlady''' (reading Walter's false papers): Francis Drake, freelance painter... Ha! Nobody wants to work!
-->'''The landlady''' (reading Walter's false papers): Francis Drake, freelance painter... Ha! Nobody wants to work!
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the novel, Walter and Marian meet the village schoolboy e who claims to have seen a ghost when they are already investigating the matter of "the woman in white". Here, Walter hasn't told anyone about the latter by that point, and they hear the story by accident when they bring the schoolmaster birthday gifts.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the novel, Walter and Marian meet the village schoolboy e who claims to have seen a ghost when they are already investigating the matter of "the woman in white". Here, Walter hasn't told anyone about the latter by that point, and they hear the story by accident when they bring the schoolmaster birthday gifts.
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!! Tropes found in the 1971 German film:
* AdaptationalContextChange: In the novel, Walter and Marian meet the village schoolboy e who claims to have seen a ghost when they are already investigating the matter of "the woman in white". Here, Walter hasn't told anyone about the latter by that point, and they hear the story by accident when they bring the schoolmaster birthday gifts.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the novel, Walter and Marian meet the village schoolboy e who claims to have seen a ghost when they are already investigating the matter of "the woman in white". Here, Walter hasn't told anyone about the latter by that point, and they hear the story by accident when they bring the schoolmaster birthday gifts.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Collins is quite clear with his ButterFace description of Marian in the novel. Unsurprisingly, this is never done in adaptations. In the 1948 film she's played by Alexis Smith, in the 1982 TV adaptation by Diana Quick, in the 1997 TV adaptation by Tara Fitzgerald, in the musical by Ruthie Henshall, and in the 2018 TV adaptation by Creator/JessieBuckley — lovely women all.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Collins is quite clear with his ButterFace description of Marian in the novel. Unsurprisingly, this is never done in adaptations. In the 1948 film she's played by Alexis Smith, in the 1971 German adaptation by [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160019/ Eva Christian]], in the 1981 Soviet adaptation by Akvelīna Līvmane, in the 1982 TV adaptation by Diana Quick, in the 1997 TV adaptation by Tara Fitzgerald, in the musical by Ruthie Henshall, and in the 2018 TV adaptation by Creator/JessieBuckley — lovely women all.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: See BabiesEverAfter. Walter, Marian, and Laura don't waste a single breath pretending to mourn Frederick Fairlie when informed of his death. In fact, since it means Walter and Laura's son inherits the estate, which they will henceforth control until he comes of age, this is the triumphant happy ending to their story.
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** Laura is an adorable lady and Walter and Marian love her so much, and she them. Then her soon-to-be husband appears, and let the torturing of readers begin. She suffers terribly in her unhappy marriage, and she's a part of very evil scheme.
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** Laura is an adorable lady and Walter and Marian love her so much, and she them. Then her soon-to-be husband appears, and let the torturing of readers begin. She suffers terribly in her unhappy marriage, and she's a part of a very evil scheme.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Rather than [[spoiler:being illegitimate]], Sir Percival's big secret is that he [[spoiler:raped Anne Catherick and drowned their bastard child from the rape]].
* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Sir Percival and Anne Catherick had one. Sir Percival drowned it.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Sir Percival drowned his infant ChildByRape in Blackwater Lake.]]
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* YouGotSpunk: Marian, in Fosco's opinion. And he ''likes'' spunk.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: the novel was originally released in serial form starting in 1859 and ending in 1860, while the story takes place ten years earlier in 1849-1850.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: the The novel was originally released in serial form starting in 1859 and ending in 1860, while the story takes place ten years earlier in 1849-1850.
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* {{Butterface}}: Marian. Her gorgeous and perfect body is described in great detail while she stands at the window. Then she turns around and... but her face. Walter didn't expect her to be ugly.
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* {{Butterface}}: Marian. Her gorgeous and perfect body is described in great detail while she stands at the window. Then window, and when she turns around and... but walks up to Walter, he describes she moves with a SupermodelStrut... But then he sees her face. Walter face and he's crushed. He didn't expect her to be ugly.
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* SexyWalk: Marian has one, according to Fosco.
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* SupermodelStrut: Marian walks with an elegant and entrancing strut, according to Fosco and Walter.
-->"The easy elegance of every movement of her limbs and body as soon as she began to advance from the far end of the room, set me in a flutter of expectation to see her face clearly"
-->"The easy elegance of every movement of her limbs and body as soon as she began to advance from the far end of the room, set me in a flutter of expectation to see her face clearly"
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco.
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* BabiesEverAfter: A common Victorian cliche, and perhaps more peculiar than most in this novel, as Laura has been the IllGirl for most of it. In this case, the birth of Laura's son isn't just happy for general sentimental reasons, but also represents a final victory over the villains who tried to deprive her of her inheritance; the Fairlie estate was entailed to only be inherited by male relatives, which is why her uncle got it after her father, but now on her uncle's death it comes to Laura in trust for her son.
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* BabiesEverAfter: A common Victorian cliche, and perhaps more peculiar than most in this novel, as Laura has been the IllGirl ill for most of it. In this case, the birth of Laura's son isn't just happy for general sentimental reasons, but also represents a final victory over the villains who tried to deprive her of her inheritance; the Fairlie estate was entailed to only be inherited by male relatives, which is why her uncle got it after her father, but now on her uncle's death it comes to Laura in trust for her son.
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* IllGirl: Anne, Marian and Laura all take their turns. In Anne's case it's a heart condition; Marian [[CatchYourDeathOfCold gets soaked in the rain]] and promptly comes down with typhoid fever; and Laura takes months to recover from what Fosco's machinations did to her.
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* IdenticalStranger: Anne Catherick and Laura Fairly are eerily similar. They look almost like twin sisters, except that Anne is visibly suffering and in poor health, while Laura is younger and more beautiful. [[spoiler:Explained when Walter discovers that Anne was Laura's half-sister.]]
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* IdenticalStranger: Anne Catherick and Laura Fairly Fairlie are eerily similar. They look almost like twin sisters, except that Anne is visibly suffering and in poor health, while Laura is younger and more beautiful. [[spoiler:Explained when Walter discovers that Anne was Laura's half-sister.]]
