Margaret Oliphant: 172 books

A family tale of how a man's money was earned, who spent it, and who cared.  Interesting, spirited light romance, sure to please.

Towards the west end of Grove Street, in Carlingford, on the shabby side of the street, stood a red brick building, presenting a pinched gable terminated by a curious little belfry, not intended for any bell, and looking not unlike a handle to lift up the edifice by to the public observation. This...

An intriguing tale of the life of an English Lady during the last century.

A Widow's Tale and Other Stories These things were being turned over in her mind by Miss Bampton, while she sat looking out upon the lawn where everything looked so fresh and cool under the trees. She was busy with her usual knitting, but this did not in any way interfere with the acuteness...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Carlingford is, as is well known, essentially a quiet place. There is no trade in the town, properly so called. To be sure, there are two or three small counting-houses at the other end of George Street, in that...

Trick or Treat! Get a worm cup of tea, curl by the fire, and enjoy the cold chills of this meticulously edited horror collection, jam-packed with the darkest mysteries, supernatural thrillers and gothic romances: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet...

C’est moi, Martin Dupin (de la Clairière), qui avais l’honneur d’être maire de Semur, en Haute-Bourgogne, à l’époque où se sont passés les événements que j’entreprends de raconter et que j’ai pu suivre de plus près que personne, en ma qualité de premier magistrat de la ville....

Un viaggio nell'aldilà, nitido da farlo apparire quasi reale. L'autrice, una voce importante della letteratura vittoriana, inserita negli ambienti esoterici del tempo, ci descrive come, svegliandosi, si sia trovata in un mondo ultraterreno, fatto di percezioni, luci, sensazioni.

In this narrative Oliphant has beautifully created a world where the boundaries of imagination and reality cannot be distinguished. An amalgamation of super-natural and psychological this is an account of a young girls fancy that leads her to stand against the real world. This work also comments on the situation of the fair sex during the Victorian era.

This vintage volume contains a detailed catalogue of female fiction writers who lived during the Victorian era. This book will appeal to those with an interest in Victorian authors, and includes a wealth of interesting and insightful biographical information, analyses of writing and styles, information...