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'There was not a soul to be seen, up or down; and the trees stood
like ghosts, and the silence was terrible, and everything clear as
day. You don’t know what silence is until you find it in the
light like that...' Margaret Oliphant’s superbly strange tales
have been long overdue their rediscovery as classics of the
Victorian ghost story genre. From suspenseful hauntings to weird
experiences of the afterlife and encounters with sympathetic
ghosts, Oliphant tells her tales with well-wrought imagery and a
nuanced voice to deliver a thoroughly unnerving and unforgettable
reading experience. This newly edited volume collects six of her
greatest ‘Seen and Unseen’ stories – Oliphant’s most
popular series in her day – and includes a new introduction
exploring the life of this pioneering novelist.
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The Open Door (Paperback)
Seth; Margaret Oliphant
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A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth.
Retired officer Colonel Mortimer takes a lease on the mansion of
Brentwood, the grounds of which share the ruins of an older house,
including a strange, vacant doorway, but eerie events begin to
unfold and Mortimer's son falls ill. As the supernatural takes
hold, Mortimer resolves to do what he must to save his son even as
he ventures further into an increasingly horrifying place.
World-renowned illustrator Seth returns with three new Christmas
ghost stories for 2020. Retired officer Colonel Mortimer takes a
lease on the mansion of Brentwood, the grounds of which share the
ruins of an older house, including a strange, vacant doorway, but
eerie events begin to unfold and Mortimer's son falls ill. As the
supernatural takes hold, Mortimer resolves to do what he must to
save his son even as he ventures further into an increasingly
horrifying place.
Kirsteen is the tale of a young woman from an old but impoverished
Argyllshire family who escapes her domineering father and seeks her
independence. Kirsteen's options appear to be unpaid drudgery at
home, or a loveless marriage. Rejecting both, she escapes to London
where she makes a living through her own innate craft and skill.
Though scorned by her family for choosing to work as a
mantua-maker, Kirsteen becomes highly successful in the life she
carves out for herself. Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel
whose powerful voice, narrative drive and ironic exposure of
injustice and hypocrisy provide a fascinating perspective on women
in Victorian society. First published in 1890, and written by Queen
Victoria's favourite novelist Margaret Oliphant, Kirsteen is a
deep, rich novel by an author at the height of her powers.
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Scottish Stories (Hardcover)
Walter Scott, James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Margaret Oliphant, John Buchan, …
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Scottish Stories is a treasury of great writing from a richly
literary land, where the short story has flourished for over two
centuries. Here are chilling supernatural stories from Robert Louis
Stevenson, Eric Linklater and Dorothy K. Haynes; side-splittingly
funny stories from Alasdair Gray and Irvine Welsh; a stylish
offering from urban realist William McIlvanney. Iain Crichton Smith
evokes the Gaelic-speaking highlands, George Mackay-Brown the
Orkney islands, Andrew O'Hagan working-class Glasgow; while Leila
Aboulela, originally from Sudan, ponders the relations between
colonizers and colonized from her home in Aberdeen. Though there is
no one 'Scottishness' that binds the authors together, writes
editor Gerard Carruthers, each has a Scottish footprint or accent.
And perhaps more importantly, all are masters of their form.
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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Miss Marjoribanks (Paperback, New Ed)
Margaret Oliphant; Edited by Elisabeth Jay; Introduction by Elisabeth Jay; Notes by Elisabeth Jay
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Q. D. Leavis declared Margaret Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the 'missing link' in Victorian literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and 'more entertaining, more impressive and more likeable than either'. Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in relation to men. This Penguin Classics edition of Miss Marjoribanks (1865) is introduced and edited by Margaret Oliphant's acclaimed biographer Margaret Jay.
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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The Laird of Norlaw
Margaret Oliphant
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Agnes (Paperback)
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
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Agnes (Hardcover)
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
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Hester; Volume III
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
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