Miss Marjoribanks

Paperback

Main Details

Title Miss Marjoribanks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Margaret Oliphant
SeriesVirago Modern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781844082087
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publication Date 26 November 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From the moment of her mother's death, Lucilla Marjoriebanks knows her vocation - a conviction based on the influence of morally uplifting novels and the 'sublime confidence in herself is the first necessity to a woman on a mission'. The usurping of Dr. Marjoriebanks as master of his own table and the assuaging of Nancy, his formidable housekeeper, are but small steps in Lucilla's scheme, for she intends nothing less than the transformation of Carlingford society. Lucilla's 'evenings' become the talk fo this quiet country town: not only are they an essential source of gossip and entertainment for old friends and neighbours of Grange Lane, but they are also the setting for some of Lucilla's most startling accomplishments. For it is on these occasions, under the watchful eye and guidance of this magnificent young woman, that reputations are made and lost and romances are pursued and undone . . .

Author Biography

Marjorie Oliphant, the Scottish writer whose portrayals of provincial life have been compared to George Eliot and Anthony Trollope, publishe dnearly 100 novels including the famous MISS MARJORIEBANKS.