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No Name (World's Classics)

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Publisher Comments:

Discover the famous and the infamous in this updated and expanded edition of The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People. This comprehensive, fully illustrated book tells the stories of over 1,000 women and men--politicians and statesmen, religious leaders, scientists, explorers, philosophers,

artists, musicians, sports heroes and many more--who have shaped our world. Ancient rulers share the same page as 20th-century movie stars, giving an unusual but highly entertaining perspective on the range of people who have left their mark on our lives. The articles in this A-to-Z encyclopedia

capture the essential facts about each person's life and major achievements. The information has been fully updated, and new biographies have been added. Thematic and chronological indices link people in time and by area of achievement.

Synopsis:

This novel about the stigma of illegitimacy, rejected as immoral by the critics of its day, is now seen as a work of social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers.

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Condemned by Victorian critics as immoral, but regarded today as a novel of outstanding social insight, No Name shows William Wilkie Collins at the height of his literary powers. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover after the deaths of their dearly beloved parents that their parents were not married at the time of their births. Disinherited and ousted from their estate, they must fend for themselves and either resign themselves to their fate or determine to recover their wealth by whatever means.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvi]-xxvii).
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780192833884
Editor:
Blain, Virginia
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Editor:
Blain, Virginia
Author:
null, Virginia
Author:
Collins, Wilkie
Author:
null, William Wilkie
Author:
Collins, William Wilkie
Author:
Blain, Virginia
Location:
Oxford ;
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C
Edition Number:
revised
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Series Volume:
105-160
Publication Date:
19980625
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
784
Dimensions:
5 x 7.7 x 1.5 in 1.175 lb
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"Synopsis" by , This novel about the stigma of illegitimacy, rejected as immoral by the critics of its day, is now seen as a work of social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers.
"Synopsis" by , Condemned by Victorian critics as immoral, but regarded today as a novel of outstanding social insight, No Name shows William Wilkie Collins at the height of his literary powers. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover after the deaths of their dearly beloved parents that their parents were not married at the time of their births. Disinherited and ousted from their estate, they must fend for themselves and either resign themselves to their fate or determine to recover their wealth by whatever means.
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