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Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
1828–1897
A hugely popular Victorian novelist and critic, she wrote with remarkable range and speed, turning out fiction, essays, biographies, and supernatural tales across a long career. Her work often brings everyday family life into vivid focus while also making room for mystery, history, and sharp social observation.
139 Audiobooks
Harry Muir : A story of Scottish life, vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Open Door, and the Portrait.
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Harry Muir : A story of Scottish life, vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Miss Marjoribanks
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations
by Mrs. Alexander, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton, Edna Lyall, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Emma Marshall, Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant, Louisa Parr, Adeline Sergeant, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Harry Muir : A story of Scottish life, vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Madonna Mary
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Story of a Governess
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Marriage of Elinor
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Christian Melville
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Innocent : a tale of modern life
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Phoebe, Junior
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Carità
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Perpetual Curate
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Beleaguered City
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Joyce
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Doctor's Family
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Greatest Heiress in England
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Sons and Daughters
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Merkland; or, Self Sacrifice
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Rector
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
In Trust: The Story of a Lady and Her Lover
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Lady's Walk
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
John, A Love Story; vol. 1 of 2
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Neighbours on the Green
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Widow's Tale, and Other Stories
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Executor
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Land of Darkness
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Who Was Lost and Is Found: A Novel
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Cuckoo in the Nest, v. 2/2
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Country Gentleman and His Family
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
May; vol. II
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Oliver's Bride; A true Story
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A House Divided Against Itself (Complete)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Son of the Soil
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Sorceress (complete)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Mrs. Arthur; vol. 2 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Harry Joscelyn; vol. 2 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He that will not when he may; vol. I
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Three Brothers; Complete
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The House on the Moor, v. 2/3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Young Musgrave
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Rose in June
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The House on the Moor, v. 3/3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
John, A Love Story; vol. 2 of 2
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Duke's Daughter; and, The Fugitives; vol. 1/3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Poor Gentleman
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Wizard's Son, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Story of Valentine and His Brother
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Laird of Norlaw; A Scottish Story
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
May; vol. I
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He that will not when he may; vol. III
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Harry Joscelyn; vol. 3 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Railway Man and His Children
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Sir Robert's Fortune: A Novel
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The House on the Moor, v. 1/3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Old Lady Mary: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Mrs. Arthur; vol. 1 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He that will not when he may; vol. II
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Cuckoo in the Nest, v. 1/2
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Last of the Mortimers: A Story in Two Voices
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Salem Chapel, v. 1/2
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A Little Pilgrim: Stories of the Seen and the Unseen
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Cousin Mary
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Wizard's Son, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Primrose Path: A Chapter in the Annals of the Kingdom of Fife
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Ways of Life: Two Stories
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Old Mr. Tredgold
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Whiteladies
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Lady William
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Madam: A Novel
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Marriage of Elinor
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Squire Arden; volume 3 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Effie Ogilvie: the story of a young life (Complete)
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A House Divided Against Itself; vol. 3 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Son of His Father; vol. 2/3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Minister's Wife
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A House in Bloomsbury
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Brownlows: A Novel
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Squire Arden; volume 1 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Ombra
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The Sorceress, v. 3 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
It was a Lover and His Lass
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Sir Tom
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen Anne
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Harry Joscelyn; vol. 1 of 3
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Lady Car: The Sequel of a Life
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
About the author
Born in Scotland on April 4, 1828, Margaret Oliphant became one of the most prolific writers of the Victorian period. She published widely in novels, short fiction, literary criticism, and biography, and she was also a regular contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine. Readers still return to her for her gift for storytelling and for the ease with which she moved between domestic realism, historical fiction, and the uncanny.
Her life was marked by repeated personal loss and heavy family responsibilities, and writing became not only her vocation but also the practical means by which she supported those around her. That pressure never narrowed her work: alongside her realistic fiction, she produced well-known ghost stories and an admired autobiography that offers a vivid picture of a working writer’s life in the 19th century.
She died on June 25, 1897. Today, she is remembered as a major Scottish author whose books capture both the emotional texture of ordinary life and the larger social worlds around it.