Description
Set against the pressures of Victorian society, this novel follows a young woman named Margaret as she navigates love, duty, and the moral compromises that can arise when feelings collide with expectation. Through a sequence of difficult choices and quietly escalating dilemmas, Margaret must decide what kind of life she can honestly accept—and what she is willing to risk to protect her integrity. With its coolly ironic sensibility and keen attention to character, the story explores themes of conscience, social constraint, and the cost of self-deception. Margaret Oliphant’s distinctive blend of psychological realism and wry observation brings both intimacy and social critique to a narrative that feels as searching as it is emotionally immediate.
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paperback
Double 9 Books
Published Apr 1, 2025
ISBN: 9789370811591
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First Published
1874
Language
eng
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