"At His Gates" is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant first published in 1872. This carefully crafted e-artnow book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: "Thus they were happier, more hopeful, more at their ease. They went more into society, and received more frequent visits from their friends. The new studio made many social pleasures possible that had not been possible. Of itself it implied a certain rise in the world. It gave grace and completeness to their little house. Nobody could say any longer that it was half a house and half a workshop, as...

"The Cuckoo in the Nest" is a historical romance novel by Mrs. Oliphant. This carefully crafted e-artnow book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: "He hoped to find her in a milder humour when he came back in the evening; for in the meantime it was beyond anything he could say or do to charm Patty back into good humour. She went back to her sweeping, making the corners of the kitchen floor ring with the energetic broom that pursued every grain of dust into its last refuge there. She would not stop, even to say good morning to him, when he...

The story is set in a rural part of England in a once-elegant house called Penninghame Castle. The Musgrave family, who had owned the house for generations, had been robbed of much of their wealth and standing during the English Civil War as they were Cavaliers. The older son has disappeared after some scandalous events and nothing more is heard of him until two small children arrive unannounced on the doorstep, accompanied only by their nanny.

"The House on the Moor" is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant first published in 1861. This carefully crafted e-artnow book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: "Behind him, hung by the side of the window, in the worst light of the room, is a portrait, a very common work, done by a mediocre painter, but in all probability very like its original, for the face looks down through the gloom with a real smile, which paint cannot give-a sweet, home-like, domestic woman, such another as Susan will be when the years and the hours have carried her into her own...

The Laird of Norlaw is an 1859 fiction by Mrs. Oliphant, and its plot revolves around a large estate owner in Scotland. The excellent use of imagery in the book, the elevated writing style, the incredibly depicted characters, and an absorbing plot contributes to its success. Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (1828-1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works circle domestic realism, historical account, and supernatural stories. Excerpt from The Laird of Norlaw "A low, peaceable, fertile slope, bearing trees to its top-most height,...

"The Ladies Lindores" is a historical novel by Mrs. Oliphant. This carefully crafted e-artnow book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: "It was not, however, with any sound of wheels, triumphal or otherwise, that young Erskine approached his father's house. It was all new and strange to him; the hills-the broad and wealthy carses through which he had passed-the noble Firth, half sea half river, which he had crossed over in his way-all appeared to him like landscapes in a dream, places he had seen before, though he could not tell how or when....

In 'The Story of a Governess' by Mrs. Oliphant, the reader is taken on a journey through the life of a governess, exploring the struggles and constraints of a woman in Victorian society. The book is written in a compelling narrative style that brings to life the challenges faced by governesses in a time when women had limited opportunities for independence. Mrs. Oliphant skillfully weaves together themes of class, gender, and power dynamics, creating a poignant portrayal of social norms and expectations of the era. This novel offers a rare insight into the daily life and inner thoughts of a...