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No Name is set in England during the 1840s. It follows the fortunes of two sisters, Magdalen Vanstone and her older sister Norah. Their comfortable upper-middle-class lives are shockingly disrupted when, after the sudden deaths of their parents, they discover that they are disinherited and left without either name or fortune. The headstrong Magdalen vows to recover their inheritance, by fair means or foul. Her increasing desperation makes her vulnerable to a wily confidence trickster, Captain Wragge, who promises to assist her in return for a cut of the profits.
No Name was published in serial form like many of Wilkie Collins’ other works. They were tremendously popular in their time, with long queues forming awaiting the publication of each episode. Though not as well known as his The Woman in White and The Moonstone, No Name is their equal in boasting a gripping plot and strong women characters (a rarity in the Victorian era). Collins’ mentor Charles Dickens is on record as considering it to be far the superior of The Woman in White.
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Fiction, Orphans, Disinheritance, Illegitimacy, Sisters, Young women, Classic Literature, Mystery, England, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Sisters, fiction, Age and employment, Social life and customs, Filiation naturelle, Romans, nouvelles, Aspect social, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Fiction, general, Orphans -- Fiction, England -- Fiction, Psychological fiction, Young women -- Fiction, Sisters -- Fiction, Disinheritance -- Fiction, Illegitimacy -- FictionPlaces
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"THE hands on the hall clock pointed to half past six in the morning."
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No Name is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.
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