← Margaret OliphantSalem Chapelby Margaret OliphantNovel examining the trials of a nonconformist minister and his congregationFind on Amazon↗About the authorMargaret OliphantOliphant 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.More by Margaret OliphantThe Chronicles of CarlingfordSeries of interconnected stories set in fictional provincial town→Miss MarjoribanksVictorian social comedy of a woman orchestrating her provincial society→HesterGothic mystery involving a woman's secret past and jealous love→Kirsteen→