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Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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The scene was the parlour at Drumcarro, in the wilds of Argyllshire, the speakers, the mistress of the house de jure, and she who was at the head of affairs de facto, Marg’ret the housekeeper, cook, lady’s maid, and general manager of everything. Mrs. Douglas had brought Marg’ret with her as...

The Unjust Steward or The Minister's Debt

The Unjust Steward or The Minister's Debt

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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The Reverend Mr Buchanan holds an important position in the university town of St Rule's, but his means are small. As he and his wife struggle to do the required entertaining, and to make many necessary expenditures for his family, he turns to his rich old friend Mr Anderson, who lends him three...

Madonna Mary

Madonna Mary

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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Mary loves her husband Major Ochterlony, and their marriage is happy - except when the fidgety Major periodically becomes obsessed with some unwelcome idea which he insists on seeing through, no matter how foolish or hurtful to Mary. They are in India, far from home, when he has his worst idea yet...

Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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The Last of the Mortimers: A Story in Two Voices

The Last of the Mortimers: A Story in Two Voices

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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Two narrators each tell their own story in segments, and eventually their stories will merge. First is Milly Langham, née Mortimer, who tells of her orphaned childhood and how she came to marry Lieutenant Harry Langham. The second narrator is Millicent Mortimer, who resides with her sister at...

The Lady's Walk

The Lady's Walk

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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I WAS on a visit to some people in Scotland when the events I am about to relate took place. They were not friends in the sense of long or habitual intercourse; in short, I had met them only in Switzerland in the previous year; but we saw a great deal of each other while we were together, and got...

Two Strangers

Two Strangers

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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Two people meet, and they become friends, then acquaintances, and then lovers. Sometimes, even though lovers, they remain strangers for the rest of their lives, and sometimes it is better that they never really get to know the other person.

Squire Arden; Volume 3

Squire Arden; Volume 3

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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For reasons never explained to him, Edgar Arden was raised and educated on the Continent, away from his father and sister Clare. Now after the death of his father Edgar returns as squire of Arden Hall. The only shadows in his path are the enmity of the next heir, his cousin Arthur Arden, and vague...

Squire Arden; Volume 2

Squire Arden; Volume 2

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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For reasons never explained to him, Edgar Arden was raised and educated on the Continent, away from his father and sister Clare. Now after the death of his father Edgar returns as squire of Arden Hall. The only shadows in his path are the enmity of the next heir, his cousin Arthur Arden, and vague...

Squire Arden; Volume 1

Squire Arden; Volume 1

Mrs. Oliphant | Fiction
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For reasons never explained to him, Edgar Arden was raised and educated on the Continent, away from his father and sister Clare. Now after the death of his father Edgar returns as squire of Arden Hall. The only shadows in his path are the enmity of the next heir, his cousin Arthur Arden, and vague...