Description
Set in the rhythms of contemporary domestic life, this novel follows a minister’s wife as she navigates the quiet pressures of faith, reputation, and duty within a close-knit community. As private feelings collide with public expectations, her choices reveal how easily “respectability” can become a kind of moral performance—and how love, conscience, and social power shape a household from the inside out. With Margaret Oliphant’s coolly observant, often ironic storytelling, the book explores themes of gendered authority, spiritual obligation, and the costs of maintaining appearances. Blending psychological realism with the tensions of social scrutiny, it offers a compelling portrait of how character is tested when the world is watching.
Available Editions
paperback
Elibron Classics
Published Mar 1, 2001
387 pages
ISBN: 9781402173882
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Details
First Published
1869
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Minister's Wife by Margaret Oliphant.