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* AllForNothing: Magdalen and Captain Wragge's daring and elaborate scheme to [[spoiler:get Magdalen married to Noel]] is eventually all for naught, since Mrs. Lecount [[spoiler:tells Noel the truth about Magdalen and convince him to change his will]], so [[spoiler:his death]] leaves Magdalen [[spoiler:penniless]], ''again''.
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* AllForNothing: Magdalen and Captain Wragge's daring and elaborate scheme to [[spoiler:get Magdalen married to Noel]] is eventually all for naught, since Mrs. Lecount [[spoiler:tells Noel the truth about Magdalen and convince convinces him to change his will]], so [[spoiler:his death]] leaves Magdalen [[spoiler:penniless]], ''again''.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Magdalen is a brilliant actress and uses her talent in her schemes to reclaim the inheritance.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Magdalen is remorseful after [[spoiler:Noel's death]], realizing [[spoiler:she has manipulated and deceived him and indirectly cause it]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Magdalen is remorseful after [[spoiler:Noel's death]], realizing [[spoiler:she has manipulated and deceived him and indirectly cause caused it]].
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* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Magdalen and Noel]] elope to prevent Mr
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* MidSuicideRegret: Magdalen wants to drink a poison rather than [[spoiler:marry Noel]], but has second thoughts and stops herself when the bottle is already at her lips. She decides to watch the sea: if an even number of ships passes her window in a given time, she'll live, and if an odd number passes, she'll die. An eighth ship appears outside right at the last moment.
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* AllForNothing: Magdalen and Captain Wragge's daring and elaborate scheme to [[spoiler:get Magdalen married to Noel]] is eventually all for naught, since Mrs. Lecount [[spoiler:tells Noel the truth about Magdalen and convince him to change his will]], so [[spoiler:his death]] leaves Magdalen [[spoiler:penniless]], ''again''.
* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Magdalen and Noel]] elope to prevent Mr
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Magdalen is remorseful after [[spoiler:Noel's death]], realizing [[spoiler:she has manipulated and deceived him and indirectly cause it]].
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* SiblingYinYang: Gentle ProperLady Norah and rebellious [[AntiHero AntiHeroine]] Magdalen.
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* GrayingMorality: In the beginning, there are two [[DamselInDistress innocent suffering heroines]] versus an EvilUncle. However, eventually, Michael Vanstone's relations and even Michael Vanstone himself get more fleshed out and sympathetic while Magdalen increasingly turns into HeWhoFightsMonsters.
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* AffablyEvil: Captain Wragge might be a swindler, but he is very jovial and hearty about it, and eventually becomes genuinely fond of Magdalen.
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* KickTheDog: Captain Wragge constantly yells at and belittles [[DomesticAbuse his mentally handicapped wife]]. [[spoiler:It's implied the situation has somewhat improved by the end, but we are never shown anything that would definitely point to it]].
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* AgeGapAlgebra: [[spoiler:Robert Kirke]] is acutely aware of the [[spoiler:twenty-one-year]] age difference between him and Magdalen.
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* AgeGapAlgebra: [[spoiler:Robert Kirke]] is acutely aware of the [[spoiler:twenty-one-year]] age difference between him and Magdalen. He recalculates it over and over again and reminds himself it would be more prudent for him to look for a wife who'd be in her thirties.
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* GentleGiant: Mrs. Wragge is very tall and very gentle-hearted. She is described by Magdalen as the only innocent creature in the Wragges' guilty household. P
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* RescueRomance: Magdalen falls in love with [[spoiler:Kirke]] after he saves her life, finding her impoverished and near death.
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* AgeGapAlgebra: [[spoiler:Robert Kirke]] is acutely aware of the [[spoiler:twenty-one-year]] age difference between him and Magdalen.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Noel Vanstone is a horrible miser, but as [[spoiler:he learns his beloved wife has been deceiving him all along and might have been planning to kill him]], his breakdown [[spoiler:and eventual death]] are heartwrenching. Mrs. Lecount and the narration both feel deeply sorry for him.
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* AgeGapRomance: Magdalen is twenty, and her eventual husband [[spoiler:Noel]] is in his mid-thirties. [[spoiler:Her second husband Robert is forty-one]].
* AlasPoorVillain: Noel Vanstone is a horrible miser, but as [[spoiler:he learns his beloved wife has been deceiving him all along and might have been planning to kill him]], his breakdown [[spoiler:and eventual death]] are heartwrenching. Mrs. Lecount and thenarration narrator both feel deeply sorry for him.
* AlasPoorVillain: Noel Vanstone is a horrible miser, but as [[spoiler:he learns his beloved wife has been deceiving him all along and might have been planning to kill him]], his breakdown [[spoiler:and eventual death]] are heartwrenching. Mrs. Lecount and the
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* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Frank Clare]] and Magdalen fall in love and promise to marry each other. However, he eventually coldly breaks up with her and never even contacts her again. [[spoiler:He later charms and marries an elderly wealthy lady]].
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* BastardAngst: After it's revealed they are illegitimate, Norah and Magdalen realize they have no money, can't use their family name, and are henceforth to be shunned in society.
* FalseSoulmate: In the beginning, [[spoiler:Frank Clare]] and Magdalenfall are deeply in love and promise to marry each other. However, he eventually coldly breaks up with her and never even contacts her again. [[spoiler:He later charms and marries an elderly again.
* GoldDigger:
** Captain Wragge married his wife because of the inheritance she is due to get (and eventually does get) from a female relative.
** Magdalen's sole motive in marrying [[spoiler:Noel]] is money.
** Later, it's revealed [[spoiler:Frank]] married a wealthylady]]. old lady.
* KissingCousins: Magdalen [[spoiler:marries Noel Vanstone]] to get the inheritance.
* FalseSoulmate: In the beginning, [[spoiler:Frank Clare]] and Magdalen
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** Captain Wragge married his wife because of the inheritance she is due to get (and eventually does get) from a female relative.
** Magdalen's sole motive in marrying [[spoiler:Noel]] is money.
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* KissingCousins: Magdalen [[spoiler:marries Noel Vanstone]] to get the inheritance.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Mrs. Lecount and Captain Wragge excel at this, conjuring their new plans on the spot. It's especially evident when they scheme against each other in Aldsborough; Mrs. Lecount even says "Check-mate" at one point after a particularly ingenious move of hers.
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''No Name'' is a 1862 novel by Creator/WilkieCollins.
Mr. and Mrs. Vanstone and their daughters Norah and Magdalen are a perfect little family, and a wealthy one as well. Their happy life is shattered after Mr. Vanstone dies in a train crash and Mrs. Vanstone follows him to the grave soon afterwards. Not only are the sisters crushed by the loss of both their parents – they suddenly find out that Mr. and Mrs. Vanstone hadn't been married until several months ago and Mr. Vanstone had neglected to make a new will, leaving Norah and Magdalen penniless and illegitimate.
The girls must work for their living now, but spirited, resourceful Magdalen doesn't just do that. She immediately begins a quest to restore their rightful fortune.
!! Tropes featured in the novel:
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Frank Clare]] and Magdalen fall in love and promise to marry each other. However, he eventually coldly breaks up with her and never even contacts her again. [[spoiler:He later charms and marries an elderly wealthy lady]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Robert Kirke falls in love with Magdalen after seeing her for several seconds. [[spoiler:His feelings never waver]].
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: The one to recover Andrew Vanstone's inheritance is [[spoiler:Norah]], despite never taking a single conscious step to do so.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Mrs. Lecount and Captain Wragge excel at this, conjuring their new plans on the spot. It's especially evident when they scheme against each other in Aldsborough; Mrs. Lecount even says "Check-mate" at one point after a particularly ingenious move of hers.
Mr. and Mrs. Vanstone and their daughters Norah and Magdalen are a perfect little family, and a wealthy one as well. Their happy life is shattered after Mr. Vanstone dies in a train crash and Mrs. Vanstone follows him to the grave soon afterwards. Not only are the sisters crushed by the loss of both their parents – they suddenly find out that Mr. and Mrs. Vanstone hadn't been married until several months ago and Mr. Vanstone had neglected to make a new will, leaving Norah and Magdalen penniless and illegitimate.
The girls must work for their living now, but spirited, resourceful Magdalen doesn't just do that. She immediately begins a quest to restore their rightful fortune.
!! Tropes featured in the novel:
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Frank Clare]] and Magdalen fall in love and promise to marry each other. However, he eventually coldly breaks up with her and never even contacts her again. [[spoiler:He later charms and marries an elderly wealthy lady]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Robert Kirke falls in love with Magdalen after seeing her for several seconds. [[spoiler:His feelings never waver]].
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: The one to recover Andrew Vanstone's inheritance is [[spoiler:Norah]], despite never taking a single conscious step to do so.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Mrs. Lecount and Captain Wragge excel at this, conjuring their new plans on the spot. It's especially evident when they scheme against each other in Aldsborough; Mrs. Lecount even says "Check-mate" at one point after a particularly ingenious move of hers.
