No Name

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"No Name" is a Victorian-era novel by Wilkie Collins, best known for its exploration of identity, inheritance, and social injustice through the story of two sisters rendered illegitimate by their parents’ secret marriage.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
author Wilkie Collins ⓘ
centralTheme family secrets ⓘ
identity ⓘ
illegitimacy ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
women’s legal rights ⓘ
character Captain Wragge ⓘ
Magdalen Vanstone ⓘ
Michael Vanstone ⓘ
Mrs. Vanstone ⓘ
Noel Vanstone ⓘ
Norah Vanstone ⓘ
contemporaryReception popular with Victorian readers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores tension between law and morality in Victorian society ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serialisation ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1862 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn All the Year Round ⓘ
firstSerialisationEndDate 1863-01-17 ⓘ
firstSerialisationStartDate 1862-03-15 ⓘ
genre mystery fiction ⓘ
sensation novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasIllustrationsInFirstEdition true ⓘ
hasTitleMeaning refers to the legal erasure of the sisters’ family identity ⓘ
legalIssue disinheritance due to illegitimacy ⓘ
literaryMovement sensation fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor detailed exploration of Victorian inheritance law ⓘ
portrayal of a resourceful female protagonist ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary The novel follows sisters Norah and Magdalen Vanstone, who are rendered illegitimate and disinherited when their parents’ secret marriage is revealed after their deaths. ⓘ
protagonist Magdalen Vanstone ⓘ
publisher Samson Low, Son & Co. ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Armadale ⓘ
The Moonstone ⓘ
The Woman in White ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
structure divided into multiple parts ⓘ
subjectMatter English middle-class family life ⓘ

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Wilkie Collins → notableWork → No Name ⓘ
Wilkie Collins → notableWork → No Name ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilkie