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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Wilkie Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family secrets
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identity ⓘ illegitimacy ⓘ inheritance ⓘ social injustice ⓘ women’s legal rights ⓘ |
| character |
Captain Wragge
NERFINISHED
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Magdalen Vanstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Vanstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Vanstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Noel Vanstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Norah Vanstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSerialisationEndDate | 1863-01-17 ⓘ |
| firstSerialisationStartDate | 1862-03-15 ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery fiction
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed exploration of Victorian inheritance law
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Samson Low, Son & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Armadale
NERFINISHED
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The Moonstone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woman in White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | divided into multiple parts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | English middle-class family life ⓘ |
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