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After the death of Margaret Oliphant--the prolific nineteenth-century novelist, biographer, essayist, reviewer, and prominent voice on the "woman question"--two well-intending relatives took the autobiographical manuscripts she composed over a thirty-year period, and recomposed... Read Full Overview

Best known for her "Chronicles of Carlingford" series, Margaret Oliphant wrote her autobiography over three decades, ranging from the mid-1860s to the 1890s. A deeply moving account, the autobiography describes her efforts to support herself, her children, and two brothers--one... Read Full Overview