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No Name

By Wilkie Collins.

Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint Dedication Preface No Name The First Scene I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: From Norah Vanstone to Mr. Pendril II: From Miss Garth to Mr. Pendril III: From Magdalen to Norah (Enclosed in the Preceding Letter) IV: From Sergeant Bulmer (of the Detective Police) to Mr. Pendril V: Anonymous Letter Addressed to Mr. Pendril The Second Scene I II III Between the Scenes: Chronicle of Events: Preserved in Captain Wragge’s Dispatch-Box I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX The Third Scene I II III IV Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: Extract from the Advertising Columns of the Times II: From Captain Wragge to Magdalen III: From Norah to Magdalen IV: From Miss Garth to Magdalen V: From Francis Clare, Jun., to Magdalen VI: From Francis Clare, Sen., to Magdalen VII: From Mrs. Wragge to Her Husband VIII: From Norah to Magdalen IX: From Magdalen to Norah X: From Magdalen to Miss Garth XI: From Magdalen to Captain Wragge XII: From Captain Wragge to Magdalen XIII: Extract from the East Suffolk Argus The Fourth Scene I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: From George Bartram to Noel Vanstone II: From Norah Vanstone to Miss Garth III: From Mr. John Loscombe (Solicitor) to George Bartram, Esq. IV: From Norah Vanstone to Miss Garth V: From Mrs. Lecount to Mr. de Bleriot, General Agent, London VI: From Mr. de Bleriot to Mrs. Lecount VII: From Mr. Pendril to Norah Vanstone VIII: From Norah Vanstone to Mr. Pendril IX: From Mr. de Bleriot to Mrs. Lecount X: From Miss Garth to Mr. Pendril XI: From Mrs. Lecount to Mr. de Bleriot XII: From Mr. Pendril to Miss Garth XIII: From Mr. de Bleriot to Mrs. Lecount XIV: From Mrs. Lecount to Mr. de Bleriot The Fifth Scene I II III Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe II: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone III: From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Miss Garth IV: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone V: From Mr. Pendril to Miss Garth VI: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone VII: From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe VIII: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone IX: From Mrs. Noel Vanstone to Mr. Loscombe The Sixth Scene I II Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: From Miss Garth to Mr. Pendril II: From Mr. Pendril to Miss Garth III: From Admiral Bartram to Mrs. Drake (Housekeeper at St. Crux) IV: From Mrs. Drake to Admiral Bartram The Seventh Scene I II III IV Between the Scenes: Progress of the Story Through the Post I: From George Bartram to Admiral Bartram II: From George Bartram to Miss Garth III: From Miss Garth to George Bartram IV: From Mrs. Drake to George Bartram V: From George Bartram to Miss Garth VI: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone VII: From George Bartram to Miss Garth VIII: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Noel Vanstone IX: From Mrs. Ruddock (Lodging-House Keeper) to Mr. Loscombe X: From Mr. Loscombe to Mrs. Ruddock The Last Scene I II III IV Colophon Uncopyright Imprint

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To Francis Carr Beard
(Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England),
in remembrance of the time when
the closing scenes of this story were written

Preface

The main purpose of this story is to appeal to the reader’s interest in a subject which has been the theme of some of the greatest writers, living and dead⁠—but which has never been, and can never be, exhausted, because it is a subject eternally interesting to all mankind. Here is one more book that depicts the struggle of a human creature, under those opposing influences of Good and Evil, which we have all felt, which we have all known. It has been my aim to make the character of “Magdalen,” which personifies this struggle, a pathetic character even in its perversity and its error; and I have tried hard to