Margaret Oliphant
Oliphant was an extraordinarily prolific Scottish novelist who supported her family and extended relations entirely by her pen. The Chronicles of Carlingford is her most admired work, and her ghost stories are among the finest of the period.
Works
- The Chronicles of CarlingfordSeries of interconnected stories set in fictional provincial town
- Miss MarjoribanksVictorian social comedy of a woman orchestrating her provincial society
- Salem ChapelNovel examining the trials of a nonconformist minister and his congregation
- HesterGothic mystery involving a woman's secret past and jealous love
- Kirsteen