No Name (Penguin Classics)

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This provides the plot driver for the final chapters of the novel, until the inheritance and its rightful owners are re-united by the marriage of George Bertram and Norah Vanstone in a somewhat fairy tale conclusion. If you’ve ever read any Dickens, then you will definitely see some parallels with him and Wilkie Collins (as they were buddies and rivals in real life). Même si les moyens qu'elle met en œuvre peuvent sembler à nous habitués aux romans et films d'espionnage menés tambours battants avec tout ce que la technologie moderne peut offrir, je me suis délectée du style de l'auteur. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. From the so different Vanstone Sisters to the sneaky Mr Wraggle or the cunning Mrs Lecount (what a clash of titans!

My only Collins experience had been some years ago with "The woman in white" and I wasn't disappointed. The story, the legal concepts, the characters, and Collins's beautiful writing made reading No Name pleasurable and memorable. There is an interesting introduction in my Oxford World’s Classic edition, by Virginia Blain, Associate Professor in English at Macquarie University in Sydney.Frank leaves his job in China and breaks off his engagement with Magdalen, who goes into a state of shock. I went from a run of great books straight into a little run of not-so-good – hoping it changes back again soon! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. She meets with a Captain Wragge, a shirttail relative, who makes no bones about his being a swindler. Mrs Woolf, wife of the manager, is a very celebrated author and, in her own way, more important than Galsworthy.

No Name was the first of these 'lesser' known works, though it's one of his Big Four of the 1860s (the other three being those already mentioned and Armadale, which I've purchased, but I've not yet managed to read). But by then Mrs Lecount has also bullied him into drawing up a desperately complicated will with obfuscating clauses and a Secret Trust.Not for a single moment did I feel disconnected from the story or its characters, so varied and well developed.