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The Sorceress (complete)Margaret Oliphant The Sorceress (complete) CHAPTER I It was the most exciting event which had ever occurred in the family, and everything was affected by it.Imagine to yourselves such a young family, all in the very heyday of life, parents and children alike. It is true th...

WhiteladiesMargaret Oliphant Whiteladies CHAPTER I It was an old manor-house, not a deserted convent, as you might suppose by the name. The conventual buildings from which no doubt the place had taken its name, had dropped away, bit by bit, leaving nothing but one wall of the chapel, now closely ...

Hester. Volume 3 of 3Margaret Oliphant Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) A Story of Contemporary Life MRS. OLIPHANT "A springy motion in her gait,A rising step, did indicateOf pride and joy no common rateThat flush'd her spirit:I know not by what name besideI shall it call: if 'twas not pride,It was a joy ...

The Sorceress. Volume 1 of 3Mrs. Oliphant The Sorceress; v. 1 of 3 CHAPTER I It was the most exciting event which had ever occurred in the family, and everything was affected by it.Imagine to yourselves such a young family, all in the very heyday of life, parents and children alike. It is true th...

The Cuckoo in the Nest. Volume 1/2Margaret Oliphant The Cuckoo in the Nest; vol. 1/2 CHAPTER I The Seven Thorns was rather an imposing place for a little country inn. It was a long house, not very high, yet containing some good-sized bedrooms on the upper storey, and rooms below calculated for th...

The House on the Moor. Volume 1The House on the Moor, v. 1/3 PREFACE THIS book was overshadowed and interrupted by the heaviest grief. The author says so, not to deprecate criticism, but to crave the tender forbearance of her unknown friends. CHAPTER I IN a gloomy room, looking out through one na...

The House on the Moor. Volume 3Mrs. Oliphant The House on the Moor, v. 3/3 CHAPTER I IT was still early, when Susan, somewhat flushed by her rapid walk, and somewhat tired to the boot – for, elastic and strong, and accustomed to exercise as she was, six miles of solitary road, with a bundle to ca...

The House on the Moor. Volume 2Mrs. Oliphant The House on the Moor, v. 2/3 CHAPTER I SAM returned victorious, with an Army List, and the Rector’s compliments, who would call upon Colonel Sutherland presently, in time to wake up the excellent Colonel, who was a little amazed, and a little amused a...

A Country Gentleman and his Family(Margaret) Oliphant A Country Gentleman and his Family CHAPTER I Theodore Warrender was still at Oxford when his father died. He was a youth who had come up from his school with the highest hopes of what he was to do at the university. It had indeed been laid out...

The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four BooksMrs. Oliphant The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books PREFACE Nobody will expect in this book, or from me, the results of original research, or a settlement – if any settlement is ever possible – of vexed questions which have occupied the gravest students....