author
Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
1821–1897
A Scottish-born teacher and novelist who made her life in Canada, she wrote warmly moral, family-centered fiction that found a wide readership in the 19th century. Her stories often drew on Canadian and Scottish settings and everyday domestic life.
11 Audiobooks
Janet's Love and Service
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Christie Redfern's Troubles
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Stephen Grattan's Faith: A Canadian Story
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Shenac's Work at Home
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Eunice
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
The Inglises; Or, How the Way Opened
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
David Fleming's Forgiveness
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
The Twa Miss Dawsons
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Frederica and her Guardians; Or, The Perils of Orphanhood
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
The Orphans of Glen Elder
by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
About the author
Born in Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire, on April 22, 1823, Margaret Murray Robertson emigrated with her family first to Vermont and then to Sherbrooke, Quebec, after her mother's death. She trained as a teacher at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and went on to teach in Montreal before turning to writing.
Robertson became known for novels such as Christie Redfern's Troubles, Shenac's Work at Home, Janet's Love and Service, and The Orphans of Glen Elder. Reference sources describe her as a schoolteacher and novelist, and note that many of her books were popular with readers for their strong moral tone, domestic feeling, and depictions of Canadian life.
She died unmarried in Montreal on February 14, 1897. Although some catalogs list her as "1821–1897," major biographical sources place her birth in 1823.