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Margaret Oliphant

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Margaret Oliphant was a 19th-century Scottish novelist known for her intricate psychological portrayals and profound insights into social issues. Her works covered a wide range of themes, including historical novels, social novels, and children's literature.

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Famous Margaret Oliphant Quotes

“Somehow even a popular fallacy has an aspect of truth when it suits one's own case.”

Truth Cases Aspect Suits Fallacy

Book:Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen

Source: Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen

“There is nothing more effectual in showing us the weakness of any habitual fallacy or assumption than to hear it sympathetically through the ears, as it were, of a skeptic.”

Weakness Ears Assumption Skeptic Habitual Fallacy

Book:Phoebe, Junior0: A Last Chronicle of Carlingford : in Two Volumes

Source: Phoebe, Junior0: A Last Chronicle of Carlingford : in Two Volumes

About the Author

Born: April 4, 1828
Died: June 25, 1897
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 42

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Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and UnseenRelated source material

A House in BloomsburyRelated source material

Miss MarjoribanksRelated source material

The Autobiography of Margaret OliphantRelated source material

The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian LadiesRelated source material

He that will not when he mayRelated source material

Innocent: A Tale of Modern Life : in 2 VolumesRelated source material

Phoebe, Junior0: A Last Chronicle of Carlingford : in Two VolumesRelated source material

SheridanRelated source material

The Heir Presumptive and the Heir ApparentRelated source material

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