Written by Mrs. Oliphant
Merkland or Self Sacrifice
by Mrs. OliphantMerkland is a full length novel which deals with family values and the importance of forgiveness. This novel is written by the Scottish novelist Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant under her pen name Mrs. Oliphant. While most of her writings encompassed the domestic realism, she also had written many works of historical and supernatur..
He that will not when he may - Vol. I
by Mrs. OliphantHe that will not when he may is the first book of three volume fiction work by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant. The Easter holidays were drawing near an end, and the family at Markham Chase had fallen into a state of existence somewhat different from its usual dignified completeness of life. When I say that the head of the house was Sir William M..
He that will not when he may - Vol. II
by Mrs. OliphantHe that will not when he may is the second book of three volume fiction work by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant.At Markham Chase there had been great wonder and consternation at the sudden departure of the elders of the family. Bell had been called to her mother’s room in the morning, and the morals of the house, so to speak, placed in her hands. She ..
He that will not when he may - Vol. III
by Mrs. OliphantHe that will not when he may is the third book of three volume fiction work by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant.It was late, quite late, when Mr. Gus was “got to go away.” And it might have proved impossible altogether, but for some one who came for him and would not be denied. Mr. Scrivener was sitting alone with him in the library, from which all the..
In Trust - The Story of a Lady and Her Lover
by Mrs. OliphantIn Trust; the Story of a Lady and her Lover is a fiction novel written by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant whose other works include Merkland or Self Sacrifice, and He that will not when he may.Anne, you are very positive and self-opinionated, but you cannot—it is not possible—set up your judgment against mine on such a point. You, an inexperienced, pr..
The Greatest Heiress in England
by Mrs. OliphantA country town, quiet, simple, and dull, chiefly of old construction, but with a few new streets and scattered villas of modern flimsiness, a river flowing through it, dulled and stilled with the frost; trees visible in every direction, blocking up the horizon and making a background, though only with a confused anatomy of bare branches, to the red..
Within the Precincts
by Mrs. OliphantLottie Despard was beyond all comparison the prettiest, and she was also the youngest, of all the ladies in the lodges. She was of Irish descent, and she had the whiteness of skin, the blackness of abundant hair, the deep blue eyes that so often go with Milesian blood. Such eyelashes had never been seen at St. Michael’s; indeed, they had never been..
John, A Love Story; vol. 2 of 2
by Mrs. OliphantThere is nothing so hard in human experience as to fit in the exceptional moments of life into their place, and bring them into a certain harmony with that which surrounds them; and in youth it is doubly hard to understand how it is that the exceptional can come only in moments. When the superlative either of misery or happiness arrives, there is n..