OLIPHANT: The Collected Writings of Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897)

Part 1

Margaret Oliphant was one of the most prolific and respected authors in Victorian England.  She was well thought of by writers as varied as J M Barrie and Anthony Trollope and was reputed to be Queen Victoria's favourite author.  This project brings together all of her published novels, collections of short stories, critical works and travel writings.

Part 1 comprises her autobiography and 28 of her novels including Passages in the Life of Margaret Maitland (her first novel, 1849), Katie Stewart: A True Story (1853), Zaidee: a romance (3 vols, 1856), Within the precincts (3 vols, 1879), Hester: a story of contemporary life (3 vols, 1883), and A widow's tale and other stories (1898).