Miss Marjoribanks

Name: Miss Marjoribanks
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ISBN: 9780140436303

ISBN-10: 0140436308

ISBN-13: 9780140436303

Edition: 1998

Authors: Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay, Margaret O. Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant

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'A tour de force. . . full of wit, surprises and intrigue . . . We can imagine Jane Austen reading Miss Marjoribankswith enjoyment and approval in the Elysian Fields.' So wrote Q.D.Leavis, who declared Margaret Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the 'missing link' in 19th century literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and 'more entertaining, more impressive and more likeable than either.' Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.80" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English