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Apr 4, 1828 — Jun 25, 1897· 69 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AUTHOR · FICTION · BIOGRAPHY

Margaret Oliphant

Also known as: M. Oliphant, Margaret Ethel Blair Oliphant Maxtone-Graham

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A Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural" (Wikipedia).

Wallyford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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THE Banking House of the Vernons was known through all the Home Counties as only second to the Bank of England in stability and strength.

— from Hester

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The Egyptian world

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Presents, in text and illustrations, the 3,000 year history of ancient Egypt with emphasis on customs, beliefs, and day-to-day life.

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Hester

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"The aging Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the family bank. She thinks she sees through everyone and rules over a family of dependants with knowing cynicism. But there are two people in Redborough who resist her. One is Hester, a young relation with a personality as strong as Catherine's, and as determined to find a role for herself. The other is Edward, Catherine's favourite, whom she treats like a son. Conflict between young and old is inevitable, and in its depiction of the complex relationships that develop between the three principal characters, Hester is a masterpiece of psychological realism. In exploring the difficulty of understanding human nature, it is also a compulsive story of financial and sexual risk-taking that mounts towards a searing climax."--Back cover.

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Classic Ghost Stories

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Teig O'Kane and the corpse -- The ghost of fear / H.G. Wells -- The screaming skull / F. Marion Crawford -- Canon Alberic's scrap-book / M.R. James -- A true story / Benjamin Disraeli -- The phantom 'rickshaw / Rudyard Kipling -- The lagoon / Joseph Conrad -- On the water / Guy de Maupassant -- The captain's story / Rebecca Harding Davis -- The erl-king / Goethe -- The body-snatcher/ Robert Louis Stevenson -- The phantom coach / Amelia B. Edwards -- Ligeia / Edgar Allan Poe -- The legend of Macarger's gulch / Ambrose Bierce -- The old nurse's story / Elizabeth Gaskell -- August heat / W.F. Harvey -- How he left the hotel / Louisa Baldwin -- The man who went too far / E.F. Benson -- The hall bedroom/ Mary E. Wilkins -- The toll-house / W.W. Jacobs.

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