In the first chapter the narrator states ‘My spirits have for many years now been excessively affected by the ways of the weather’ (2). The Woman in Black is a 1983 horror novella by Susan Hill, written in the style of a traditional Gothic novel. The plot is about a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town, Crythin Gifford, heralding the death of children. In The Woman in Black weather is an important aspect which influences the narrator’s actions and the atmosphere of the story. In both negative and positive connotation, Arthur Kipps is mainly affected by the change of weather. Mostly when the weather is cold, foggy, damp, or there is a storm it implies that the woman in black, Jennet Humfrye, is present. However, once the weather is sunny and warm the atmosphere changes and conveys a peaceful mood. In the chapter ‘In the Nursery’ the change in weather is clearly highlighted and connected with the presence of the woman in black. As Kipps went off to a walk with Spider ‘the sun was high in the sky’ (124). As soon as the night comes and Kipps hears sounds coming from the nursery there is a sudden change in the mood. As he opens the door of the nursery, no one is there so he goes back to bed. The next morning ‘the first thing I noticed was a change in weather’ (135) this conveys that just after the woman in black was present the weather changes. ‘I felt that the air had a dampness in it and that it was rather colder and…all was a uniform grey’ (135), again this