Author: Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This work presents two engaging novels set in Carlingford, a small town near London in the 1800s. Its cast ranges from merchants to aristocracy and clergy. 'The Rector' tells the story of Mr. Proctor, a middle-aged clergyman who has spent the fifteen years isolated happily away at All Souls and has now moved to Carlingford to provide a comfortable home for his aging mother. In 'The Doctor's Family,' the readers are introduced to the young Doctor Edward Rider, a bachelor living on Carlingford's newer side. With a blue plaque outside his door carrying the legend M.R.C.S., he ministers to those afraid of the word physician.
The Rector and The Doctor's Family
Author: Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This work presents two engaging novels set in Carlingford, a small town near London in the 1800s. Its cast ranges from merchants to aristocracy and clergy. 'The Rector' tells the story of Mr. Proctor, a middle-aged clergyman who has spent the fifteen years isolated happily away at All Souls and has now moved to Carlingford to provide a comfortable home for his aging mother. In 'The Doctor's Family,' the readers are introduced to the young Doctor Edward Rider, a bachelor living on Carlingford's newer side. With a blue plaque outside his door carrying the legend M.R.C.S., he ministers to those afraid of the word physician.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This work presents two engaging novels set in Carlingford, a small town near London in the 1800s. Its cast ranges from merchants to aristocracy and clergy. 'The Rector' tells the story of Mr. Proctor, a middle-aged clergyman who has spent the fifteen years isolated happily away at All Souls and has now moved to Carlingford to provide a comfortable home for his aging mother. In 'The Doctor's Family,' the readers are introduced to the young Doctor Edward Rider, a bachelor living on Carlingford's newer side. With a blue plaque outside his door carrying the legend M.R.C.S., he ministers to those afraid of the word physician.
The Rector and The Doctor’s Family
Author: Margaret Oliphant
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
When the stories that became the Chronicles of Carlingford series first appeared anonymously, speculation had it that they were the work of George Eliot. The connection was a natural one. Only a few years earlier, Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life had appeared in Blackwood’s Magazine. The Carlingford stories, too, were originally published in Blackwood’s, and they had much to do with ecclesiastical affairs in the town. Eliot did not feel flattered by the attribution, although her own work and that of Margaret Oliphant continued to have fascinating connections. The two novellas joined in this ebook (as they were in their signed publication of 1863) introduce readers to the sleepy town of Carlingford with its intricate and layered social life. The Rector tells the story of an Oxford scholar in holy orders, embarking on parish ministry only in middle age. The demands of the role expose his personal inadequacies, and provoke his attempts to come to terms with them. The central character of The Doctor’s Family is Dr. Rider, an unexceptional young medical man. His dissolute older brother, Fred, has once before ruined his nascent career, and Fred’s arrival in Carlingford from Australia threatens to do so again—all the moreso when his family, until then unknown to Dr. Rider, shows up in town as well. Particularly Fred’s waif-like but efficient sister-in-law, really a “little autocrat,” claims Dr. Rider’s attention in unexpected ways. The hopes and conflicts of these ordinary men provide the details for the portraits which Oliphant paints on the canvas of Carlingford life. She took some inspiration for these chronicles from the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, which had by this time become great successes. While the debt is obvious, Oliphant’s vision—both socially and artistically—differs significantly from Trollope’s. Not only does Oliphant attend to aspects of society in which Trollope had little interest, but she also writes with a woman’s insight, and a flair arising out of her experience as the competent manager of her own troubled family. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
When the stories that became the Chronicles of Carlingford series first appeared anonymously, speculation had it that they were the work of George Eliot. The connection was a natural one. Only a few years earlier, Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life had appeared in Blackwood’s Magazine. The Carlingford stories, too, were originally published in Blackwood’s, and they had much to do with ecclesiastical affairs in the town. Eliot did not feel flattered by the attribution, although her own work and that of Margaret Oliphant continued to have fascinating connections. The two novellas joined in this ebook (as they were in their signed publication of 1863) introduce readers to the sleepy town of Carlingford with its intricate and layered social life. The Rector tells the story of an Oxford scholar in holy orders, embarking on parish ministry only in middle age. The demands of the role expose his personal inadequacies, and provoke his attempts to come to terms with them. The central character of The Doctor’s Family is Dr. Rider, an unexceptional young medical man. His dissolute older brother, Fred, has once before ruined his nascent career, and Fred’s arrival in Carlingford from Australia threatens to do so again—all the moreso when his family, until then unknown to Dr. Rider, shows up in town as well. Particularly Fred’s waif-like but efficient sister-in-law, really a “little autocrat,” claims Dr. Rider’s attention in unexpected ways. The hopes and conflicts of these ordinary men provide the details for the portraits which Oliphant paints on the canvas of Carlingford life. She took some inspiration for these chronicles from the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, which had by this time become great successes. While the debt is obvious, Oliphant’s vision—both socially and artistically—differs significantly from Trollope’s. Not only does Oliphant attend to aspects of society in which Trollope had little interest, but she also writes with a woman’s insight, and a flair arising out of her experience as the competent manager of her own troubled family. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part IV Volume 15
Author: Muireann O'Cinneide
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040242316
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Part IV offers the first critical edition of the four full length novels and three stories that comprise the Chronicles of Carlingford. Each of the five volumes contains a full scholarly apparatus, including the important variations between the serial versions and the first publication in volume format.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040242316
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Part IV offers the first critical edition of the four full length novels and three stories that comprise the Chronicles of Carlingford. Each of the five volumes contains a full scholarly apparatus, including the important variations between the serial versions and the first publication in volume format.
A Country Gentleman and His Family
Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The New Nineteenth Century
Author: Barbara Leah Harman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136512527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This book includes essays on writers from the 1840s to the 1890s, well known writers such as Anne Bronte, Wilkie Collins and Bram Stoker, lesser known writers such as Geraldine Jewsbury, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, George Moore, Sarah Grand and Mary Ward. The contributors explore important thematic concerns: the relation between private and public realms; gender and social class; sexuality and the marketplace; and male and female cultural identity.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136512527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This book includes essays on writers from the 1840s to the 1890s, well known writers such as Anne Bronte, Wilkie Collins and Bram Stoker, lesser known writers such as Geraldine Jewsbury, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, George Moore, Sarah Grand and Mary Ward. The contributors explore important thematic concerns: the relation between private and public realms; gender and social class; sexuality and the marketplace; and male and female cultural identity.
A Country Gentleman and His Family
Author: Margaret Oliphant
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Handy Horse-Book; Or, Practical Instructions in Driving, Riding, and the General Care and Management of Horses. By a Cavalry Officer [subscribing Himself: “Magenta.”]
Author:
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Contributions to Natural History
Author: David Esdaile
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429012617
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
David Esdaile's 1865 work is a collection of natural history essays related to the food choices that people make. He is particularly interested in the topics of fish and horse-flesh as food.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429012617
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
David Esdaile's 1865 work is a collection of natural history essays related to the food choices that people make. He is particularly interested in the topics of fish and horse-flesh as food.
Medical Students of the Period
Author: Robert Temple Wright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical education
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical education
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Caxtoniana: a Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description