The owner of the Eel Marsh House estate—isolated from town by a long, narrow causeway that is completely impassible at high tide—Mrs. Drablow has left behind many papers and important documents in her manor, which Arthur must sort through and send back to London.. The document provides descriptions of Eel Marsh House and the surrounding landscape. It describes the journey by train to reach Eel Marsh House, which is located down a long, isolated causeway across the marshlands. Upon arriving, the narrator observes the tall, gaunt stone house situated alone on a small rise of land surrounded by marshland in all directions. The interior of the house is dark.
The Woman in Black may refer to: The Woman in Black (Hill novel), a 1983 gothic horror novel by Susan Hill The Woman in Black (play), a 1987 stage play based on the Hill novel The Woman in Black (1989 film), a television film based on the Hill novel The Woman in Black (2012 film), a film based on the Hill novel The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014 film), a sequel to the 2012 film The Woman.. This is an extract from Susan Hill's 'The Woman in Black' written in 1983 but set approximately 100 years earlier in Victorian England. The extract is from the middle of the novel when the protagonist, Arthur Kipps, first begins to explore the main setting of the novel, Eel Marsh House and its surrounding areas. This is an extract from Susan Hill's 'The Woman in Black' written in.