Miss Marjoribanks (Penguin Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Margaret Oliphant

ISBN 10

0140436308

ISBN 13

9780140436303

Tags

Classics, Criticism & Theory, Literary

Description

Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in relation to men. This Penguin Classics edition of Miss Marjoribanks (1865) is introduced and edited by Margaret Oliphant's acclaimed biographer Margaret Jay. - from Amzon

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