This concise new book provides close readings of both canonical and less familiar novels and articles by the novelist Margaret Oliphant (1828-97).
Not just for her apparently anti-feminist standpoint on many issues, but also for her dispar.
Oliphant was also a highly contradictory figure. / A prolific novelist, auto/biographer, and periodical writer, Mrs.
They show how she maintained a spirited dialogue with her age, confronting its ingrained prejudices, while reinforcing some of them herself.
This concise new book provides close readings of both canonical and less familiar novels and articles by the novelist Margaret Oliphant (1828-97)