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Margaret Oliphant, one of the most prolific and popular Victorian novelists, essayists, and reviewers, has been compared both in her day and our own to George Eliot. Oliphant wrote domestic novels that richly represent the broad social, political, and religious contexts of Victorian... Read Full Overview

Miss Ph be Tozer, the only daughter of the chief deacon and leading member of the Dissenting connection in Carlingford, married, shortly after his appointment to the charge of Salem Chapel, in that town, the Reverend Mr. Beecham, one of the most rising young men in the denomination... Read Full Overview

Margaret Oliphant Wilson was born on April 4th, 1828 to Francis W. Wilson, a clerk, and Margaret Oliphant, at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Her youth was spent in establishing a writing style and by 1849 she had her first novel published: Passages in the Life of... Read Full Overview

Miss Ph be Tozer, the only daughter of the chief deacon and leading member of the Dissenting connection in Carlingford, married, shortly after his appointment to the charge of Salem Chapel, in that town, the Reverend Mr. Beecham, one of the most rising young men in the denomination... Read Full Overview

Phoebe, Junior' is the last novel in Oliphant's 'Chronicles of Carlingford' originally published in 1876. Phoebe Beecham's father is the Dissenting minister of a large, wealthy London chapel. (Her mother, born Phoebe Tozer of Carlingford, was a character in an earlier Carlingford... Read Full Overview

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant's Phoebe Junior tells the story of a young woman coming of age in Victorian England. This engaging novel explores themes of love, family, and personal growth, providing readers with an entertaining and insightful look at life during this time period... Read Full Overview

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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant's Phoebe Junior tells the story of a young woman coming of age in Victorian England. This engaging novel explores themes of love, family, and personal growth, providing readers with an entertaining and insightful look at life during this time period... Read Full Overview

"Phoebe, Junior" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel that provides a nuanced character study of its female protagonist, Phoebe. Set in Victorian society, the book explores themes of romance, social class, and family dynamics through Phoebe's journey of personal growth and coming-of-age... Read Full Overview

Phoebe, Junior , the last of the tales that made up the Chronicles of Carlingford, brought to a close one of British literature's best-loved series. Phoebe, Junior, however, has long been regarded as a wonderful tale in its own right, a hidden treasure in what can often become... Read Full Overview