Why does Arthur go to Crythin Gifford?

To sort out the papers of Mrs Alice Drablow

How is Eel Marsh House reached?

By the Nine Lives Causeway at low tide

Arthur's son and then Stella die after a pony and trap crash

Arthur Kipps, now older, writes about events from his youth. As a young solicitor, he was sent to Crythin Gifford to sort out the papers of the late Mrs Alice Drablow.
At her funeral he sees a woman in black. Eel Marsh House can only be reached by the Nine Lives Causeway at low tide, and there he hears a pony and trap sink in the marsh with a child's cries.
He learns that Jennet Humfrye, Alice's sister, was forced to give up her son Nathaniel, who died in a trap accident on the marsh. Her ghost appears, and each time a child dies. Samuel Daily and his dog, Spider, help Arthur.
Back in London, Arthur marries Stella and they have a son. In a park he sees the woman in black; a pony and trap crashes, killing his son, and Stella dies later from her injuries.

Grief, revenge, isolation, the supernatural, and motherhood.
Susan Hill published it in 1983 as a Victorian-style Gothic ghost story, with a remote house, fog and a haunting.

Told in the first person by an older Arthur, so the reader knows from the start that something terrible happened.

Who narrates The Woman in Black?: Arthur Kipps: He looks back on his youth.
Why does Arthur go to Crythin Gifford?: To sort out the papers of Mrs Alice Drablow: He is a young solicitor.
How is Eel Marsh House reached?: By the Nine Lives Causeway at low tide: The tide cuts it off.
Who is the woman in black?: The ghost of Jennet Humfrye: She was forced to give up her son.
What happens when the woman in black is seen?: A child dies: Her revenge is for her son's death.
Who helps Arthur, along with his dog Spider?: Samuel Daily: He is a local landowner.
How does the novel end?: Arthur's son and then Stella die after a pony and trap crash: The curse follows him to London.
When was The Woman in Black published?: 1983: It imitates a Victorian ghost story.