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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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The Doctor's Factotum
Author: The Doctor's Family
Author: Mrs. OliphantPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This short fiction story opens the doors to an enticing new universe for fans of Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Anthony Trollope's "Barsetshire Chronicles." Carlingford, a little village near London in the 1800s, serves as the setting. As Carlingford awaited the arrival of their new chancellor, the Chancellor opened. The Doctor's Family takes us to the freshly developed Carlingford neighborhood, where the young Dr. Rider works. Margaret Oliphant was born in Wallyford, Scotland in 1828. Her family relocated to Liverpool when she was eleven years old, and she began dabbling with writing. Oliphant was a well-known and famous author who turned to writing to support his family.
The Doctor's Family
Author: Margaret OliphantPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 504056533X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Rector and The Doctor’s Family
Author: Margaret OliphantPublisher: Standard Ebooks
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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When the stories that became the Chronicles of Carlingford series first appeared anonymously, speculation had it that they were the work of George Eliot. The connection was a natural one. Only a few years earlier, Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical Life had appeared in Blackwood’s Magazine. The Carlingford stories, too, were originally published in Blackwood’s, and they had much to do with ecclesiastical affairs in the town. Eliot did not feel flattered by the attribution, although her own work and that of Margaret Oliphant continued to have fascinating connections. The two novellas joined in this ebook (as they were in their signed publication of 1863) introduce readers to the sleepy town of Carlingford with its intricate and layered social life. The Rector tells the story of an Oxford scholar in holy orders, embarking on parish ministry only in middle age. The demands of the role expose his personal inadequacies, and provoke his attempts to come to terms with them. The central character of The Doctor’s Family is Dr. Rider, an unexceptional young medical man. His dissolute older brother, Fred, has once before ruined his nascent career, and Fred’s arrival in Carlingford from Australia threatens to do so again—all the moreso when his family, until then unknown to Dr. Rider, shows up in town as well. Particularly Fred’s waif-like but efficient sister-in-law, really a “little autocrat,” claims Dr. Rider’s attention in unexpected ways. The hopes and conflicts of these ordinary men provide the details for the portraits which Oliphant paints on the canvas of Carlingford life. She took some inspiration for these chronicles from the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, which had by this time become great successes. While the debt is obvious, Oliphant’s vision—both socially and artistically—differs significantly from Trollope’s. Not only does Oliphant attend to aspects of society in which Trollope had little interest, but she also writes with a woman’s insight, and a flair arising out of her experience as the competent manager of her own troubled family. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The Rector and The Doctor's Family
Author: Margaret Oliphant Wilson OliphantPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This work presents two engaging novels set in Carlingford, a small town near London in the 1800s. Its cast ranges from merchants to aristocracy and clergy. 'The Rector' tells the story of Mr. Proctor, a middle-aged clergyman who has spent the fifteen years isolated happily away at All Souls and has now moved to Carlingford to provide a comfortable home for his aging mother. In 'The Doctor's Family,' the readers are introduced to the young Doctor Edward Rider, a bachelor living on Carlingford's newer side. With a blue plaque outside his door carrying the legend M.R.C.S., he ministers to those afraid of the word physician.
The Doctor's Family - Chronicles of Carlingford
Author: Mrs. OliphantPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528780256
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The Doctor's Family is the third of seven works set in the delightful country town of Carlingford known as Oliphant’s 'Chronicles of Carlingford'. It was originally published in 1861 as part of a series which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. Margaret Oliphant was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. During her career she wrote more than 120 works, including novels travelogues, histories and volumes of literary criticism. Two of her better-known fictional works are Miss Marjoribanks (1866) and Phoebe Junior (1876). Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, with a new introductory biography.
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