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  • A Beleaguered City

    by Oliphant ...
    A beleaguered city explores the tensions between faith, morality, and social transformation in a small provincial town. The narrative focuses on the everyday life of civic leadership, showing how material concerns, personal ambition, and ethical responsibility intersect with unseen spiritual forces. Ordinary routines are shaped by both practical demands and the subtle influence of moral reflection ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • The Marriage of Elinor

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    John Tatham, barrister-at-law, received one summer morning as he sat at breakfast the following letter. It was written in what was once known distinctively as a lady's hand, in pointed characters, very fine and delicate, and was to this effect:— "Dear John, Have you heard from Elinor of her new prospects and intentions? I suppose she must have written to you on the subject. Do you know anything of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Doctor's Family

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    Young Dr Rider lived in the new quarter of Carlingford: had he aimed at a reputation in society, he could not possibly have done a more foolish thing; but such was not his leading motive. The young man, being but young, aimed at a practice. He was not particular in the mean time as to the streets in which his patients dwelt. A new house, gazing with all its windows over a brick-field, was as ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diana Trelawny

    by Oliphant ...
    Diana Trelawny presents the portrait of a strong, independent woman who defies societal expectations by choosing to lead her life on her own terms. As a respected heiress and landowner, she commands authority within her community yet faces constant scrutiny for rejecting marriage and embracing self-sufficiency. The novel captures her journey through the intricacies of class, power, and gender ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • The House on the Moor (Complete)

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    IN a gloomy room, looking out through one narrow window upon a moor, two young people together, and yet alone, consumed the dreary hours of a February afternoon. The scene within doors exhibited scarcely less monotony and dreariness than did the moor without, which stretched black and heavy to the hills under a leaden sky. The room was well-sized, and lighted only by that one window, which was ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Collected Stories

    by Margaret Oliphant ...
    I WAS not aware at first of the many discussions which had gone on about that window. It was almost opposite one of the windows of the large old-fashioned drawing-room of the house in which I spent that summer, which was of so much importance in my life. Our house and the library were on opposite sides of the broad High Street of St Rule’s, which is a fine street, wide and ample, and very quiet, ... Read more

    $1.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Doctor's Family

    by Mrs. Oliphant ...
    An industrious young woman travels halfway across the world to rescue her brilliant but hopelessly irresponsible brother from his self-inflicted ruin. Arriving in a quaint English town, she takes immediate charge of his chaotic household, clashing with the rigid expectations of local society. Her fierce competence soon catches the eye of an ambitious doctor, sparking a captivating battle of wills ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Beleaguered City: Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    I, Martin Dupin (de la Clairière), had the honour of holding the office of Maire in the town of Semur, in the Haute Bourgogne, at the time when the following events occurred. It will be perceived, therefore, that no one could have more complete knowledge of the facts—at once from my official position, and from the place of eminence in the affairs of the district generally which my family has held ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life

    by Mrs. Oliphant ...
    A fiercely independent young woman refuses to conform to the suffocating expectations of Victorian high society, choosing instead to chart her own perilous course. Confronted by a formidable matriarch who controls the family's banking empire, she must navigate a dangerous game of financial intrigue and marital maneuvering. As betrayal looms and fortunes hang in the balance, her sharp intellect ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mrs. Arthur (Complete)

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    There was a considerable number of people in the little parlour—to wit, Mr. Bates in his big chair on one side of the fire, sipping rum-and-water, and reading a newspaper which was soft and crumpled with the usage of the day at the nearest public-house; and Mrs. Bates on the other, seated between the fireplace and the table, mending the stockings of the family. Charley was reading an old yellow ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quiet Heart

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    “Ye’ll no ken, Jenny, if Miss Menie’s in?” “And what for should I no ken?” exclaimed the hot and impatient Jenny Durward, sole servant, housekeeper, and self-constituted guardian of Mrs. Laurie of Burnside, and her young fatherless daughter. “Do ye think ony ane comes or gangs in the house out of my knowledge? And where should Miss Menie be but in, sitting at her seam in the mistress’s parlour, at ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Squire Arden (Complete)

    by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant ...
    She was a tidy fresh old woman, with cheeks of a russet colour, half brown half red, yet soft, despite all their wrinkles—cheeks that children laid their little faces up to without feeling any difference of texture; and eyes which had stolen back during these years deeper into their sockets, but yet were bright and full of suppressed sunshine. She had a little shawl pinned over her print gown, and ... Read more

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