The Woman in Whüe was published in Dickens' journal Ali the Year Round from November 1859 to August 1860. it was received with great popular acclaim and ran to seven editions in 1860 alone. Ali kinds of eommodities such as cloaks bonnets perfumes were called after it; there were Woman in White Waltzes and Quadrilles. it is said that Gladstone one of the most famous British statesmen found the story so absorbing that he missed a visit to the theatre.