The Lady's Walk - Couverture souple

Mrs Oliphant

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9360464457 ISBN 13 : 9789360464455

Editeur : Double 9 Books LLP, 2023

Synopsis

"The Lady's Walk" was written by Mrs. Oliphant, a pen name utilized by Scottish creator Margaret Oliphant. Set towards the historical past of Victorian society, the tale takes place inside the peaceful city of St. Roque, in which the titular "Lady's Walk" turns into a symbolic area that connects the those who live there. There is a mysterious girl named Lady Jane at the middle of the tale. She takes her for walks each day in the town. In later parts of the story, Lady Jane will become a vital part of different characters' lives, and her presence has a massive effect at the community. Mrs. Oliphant does a super process of writing about love, social order, and the complex methods people interact with each different. The book is going into element approximately the lives of different people inside the village, displaying their secrets and techniques and strategies, their hidden goals, and the way social expectancies affect each different in complex approaches. "The Lady's Walk" shows how involved Oliphant became in humans and the way properly she may want to write stories that pondered the social problems of her time. There are elements of mystery, romance, and social observation within the book, which makes it very exciting to read.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant was a Scottish author and historical writer who usually wrote under the name Mrs. Oliphant. She was born Margaret Oliphant Wilson on April 4, 1828, and died on June 20, 1897. She writes "domestic realism, the historical novel, and tales of the supernatural" as her short stories. Margaret Oliphant was born in Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian. She was the only daughter and youngest child still living of Margaret Oliphant (1789-17 September 1854) and Francis W. Wilson, a clerk. We lived in Lasswade, Glasgow, and Liverpool when she was a child. In Wallyford, a street called Oliphant Gardens is named after her. As a girl, she was always trying new things with writing. Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, her first book, came out in 1849. This was about the mostly successful Scottish Free Church movement, which was something her folks agreed with. Next came Caleb Field in 1851, the same year she met publisher William Blackwood in Edinburgh and was asked to write for Blackwood's Magazine. She did so for the rest of her life and wrote over 100 articles, including one that criticized Arthur Dimmesdale in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Double 9 Books LLP
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9360464457
• ISBN 13: 9789360464455
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible