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No Name

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The book No Name is written by Wilkie Collins, published in 1862. It is an amazing heart touching story in which Collins shows the social stigma of Victorian society. Although Collins faced criticism for this writing but now it is considered remarkable for his social insight. By his writing he raise the social issue and make an appeal for those children, considered illegitimate by the society. Collins depicts the two sisters Magdalene Vanstone and Norah Vanstone's fight for social moral justice. He also shows his extreme conviction for women's empowerment. After the miserable death of their parents, they came to know about their misfortunes. The two orphaned sisters faced the ugliness of the society, as they were called illegitimate children. Their inheritance rights were refused by Vanstone family as their parents married after their birth. They were not able to get legal protection so their rightful hesitance was seized by their wicked relatives. Both sisters' opinion is entirely different for their fight. Magdalene decides to get heritance by any means while Norah wants to get it by goodness and fairness. In the end Norah wins the fight .

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ISBN9789356562691
PublisherDouble 9 Books
Publication Date04/22/22
Pages724

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  • jersy104
    jersy104

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    While I already knew that I love Collins' plots and characters, I had my doubts if he could justify filling 600 pages with what sounded like a simple story. Little did I know that the tale of a young, joyful girl that fights for what is rightfully hers would turn into pretty much a story from a villain's POV. The character development is wonderfully intriguing, as are the turns this book takes. While there might be too much descriptions here and there and some dialogs go on a tiny bit too long, I'm convinced the length of the novel absolutely makes sense. There is room to explore the different stages of the story and focus for a while on aspects some books would glance other. The pacing never suffers, though, since some "between the scenes" developments are brought to you in letters. I also love how there is no character I could just 100% get behind (moral ambiguity is always fun) but still rooted for what is basically a terrible person. I was just fascinated and thoroughly entertained throughout.

    Sep 4, 2022

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