A Mulher De Preto May 2026

The story follows Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor sent to the remote village of Crythin Gifford to settle the estate of the recently deceased Mrs. Alice Drablow. His destination: Eel Marsh House, a Victorian mansion cut off from the mainland by a causeway that floods at high tide. Isolated, fog-bound, and filled with the unsettling sounds of a crying child and a rocking chair that moves on its own, Kipps soon discovers that the late Mrs. Drablow is not the only presence in the house. The spectral figure of a woman dressed entirely in black haunts the marshes—and wherever she appears, a child in the village dies.

If you are watching the 2012 film starring Daniel Radcliffe, note that the film adds a prologue and an epilogue that bookend the tragedy more neatly. While the film is excellent (especially in sound design), the novel’s ending is far more ambiguous and chilling. The stage play, famous for its use of simple props and sudden scares, is a different beast entirely—more theatrical ghost story than psychological study. A Mulher De Preto

A Mulher de Preto is essential reading for any fan of gothic horror. It stands alongside Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw as a pillar of the genre. It is not a book that will make you scream; it is a book that will make you look twice at foggy windows, listen carefully to the wind, and fear the sound of a child crying in an empty room. The story follows Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor