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From: Derby Evening Telegraph
Date: 20070818
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My first taste of Wilkie Collins came in the form of his better known novel, The Woman in White.

After thoroughly enjoying this, I felt compelled to try another and so my second literary feast came from No Name.

The story centres around two illegitimate sisters who lose everything after the death of their parents. While one is content to accept this fate, the younger of the two cannot and, through various schemes and plots, is determined to regain the family fortune.

Bearing in mind the context in which it was written, it is not surprising that Victorian critics considered many of Collins' ...

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