Miss Marjoribanks

Margaret Oliphant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

592 Seiten

1998
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-043630-3 (ISBN)

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Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in relation to men. 'A tour de force...full of wit, surprises and intrigue...We can imagine Jane Austen reading MISS MARJORIBANKS with enjoyment and approval in the Elysian Fields' - Q. D. Leavis. Leavisdeclared Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the missing link in Victorian literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brook and 'more entertaining, more impressive and more likeable than either'.

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) was a prolific Scots writer, author of over 100 books and innumerable articles. Early widowed, she was compelled to write for a living. She is best remembered for her 'Chronicles of Carlingford' series, which is set in a quiet country town near London. Religious themes predominate but the books are sharp and humorous. Elisabeth Jay has written a critical 'Biography of Margaret Oliphant' and edited Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Bronte' for Penguin Classics.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.1998
Einführung	Elisabeth Jay
Mitarbeit	Anmerkungen: Elisabeth Jay
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	405 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-14-043630-8 / 0140436308
ISBN-13	978-0-14-043630-3 / 9780140436303
Zustand	Neuware