The New Magdalen

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The New Magdalen is a Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins that explores themes of identity, morality, and social stigma through the story of a fallen woman seeking redemption.

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instanceOf Victorian novel
novel
adaptedAs silent film
stage play
author Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresTopic class
gender roles
religion
social hypocrisy
war
firstPublicationFormat serial
firstPublisher Temple Bar magazine NERFINISHED
genre sensation novel
social novel
hasAlternativeTitle The New Magdalene NERFINISHED
hasAuthorNationality British
hasCharacter Horace Holmcroft NERFINISHED
Julian Gray NERFINISHED
hasConflictType identity theft and mistaken identity
hasLiteraryForm prose fiction
hasMainCharacter Grace Roseberry NERFINISHED
Mercy Merrick NERFINISHED
hasMedium print
hasMoralQuestion possibility of redemption for a fallen woman
hasProtagonistType fallen woman
hasStructure multi-part narrative
hasTimeOfAction 1870s
language English
literaryMovement sensation fiction
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Wilkie Collins bibliography NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1873
settingLocation England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
settingPeriod Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED
theme fallen woman
identity
morality
redemption
social stigma

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Wilkie Collins notableWork The New Magdalen