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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

“I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.”

Thinking Reading Next Novel

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

“... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My study, all the study I have attained to, is the little 2nd drawing room where all the (feminine) life of the house goes on; and I don't think I have ever had two hours undisturbed (except at night, when everybody is in bed) during my whole literary life.”

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Book:The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

“Perhaps, on the whole, embarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven out of your senses with thinking which of two things you ought to do than to do nothing whatever, and be utterly uninteresting to all the world.”

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Book:Miss Marjoribanks

Source: Miss Marjoribanks

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

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The Heir Presumptive and the Heir ApparentRelated source material

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