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Mrs. Oliphant

Born

in Wallyford, East Lothian, Scotland

April 04, 1828

Died

June 20, 1897

Genre

Fiction, Literary Criticism

Influences

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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (née Margaret Oliphant Wilson) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural".

Margaret Oliphant was born at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian, and spent her childhood at Lasswade (near Dalkeith), Glasgow and Liverpool. As a girl, she constantly experimented with writing. In 1849 she had her first novel published: Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland which dealt with the Scottish Free Church movement. It was followed by Caleb Field in 1851, the year in which she met the publisher William Blackwood in Edinburgh and was invited to contribute to the famous Bl ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 11,320 ratings · 1,567 reviews · 1,337 distinct works • Similar authors

	Miss Marjoribanks (Chronicles of Carlingford, #5) 3.77 avg rating — 2,686 ratings — published 1865 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hester by Mrs. Oliphant, Phillip Davis (Editor), Brian Nellist (Editor), Mrs. Oliphant 3.90 avg rating — 862 ratings — published 1883 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Library Window: A Story of the Seen and Unseen by Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Oliphant 3.67 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1896 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Open Door 3.48 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1882 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rector (Chronicles of Carlingford, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 1863 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He That Will Not When He May by Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Oliphant 3.65 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1880 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phoebe Junior (Chronicles of Carlingford, #6) 3.99 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1876 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perpetual Curate (Chronicles of Carlingford, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1863 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doctor's Family (Chronicles of Carlingford, #2) by Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. Oliphant 3.60 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1863 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rector and The Doctor's Family by Mrs. Oliphant, Penelope Fitzgerald (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1861 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mrs. Oliphant (?)

“Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.”
― Margaret Oliphant

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“He was highly spoken of, everybody knew; but nobody knew who had spoken highly of him…”
― Margaret Oliphant, The Rector

tags: popularity, regard, respect

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“I suppose every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it. ("The Open Door")”
― Margaret Oliphant, The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies

tags: generation-gap

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21 votes, 26.3%

Edgar Allan Poe

21 votes, 26.3%

Margaret Oliphant

9 votes, 11.3%

Anna Katherine Green

6 votes, 7.5%

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