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Description edit
The esteemed English critic Q. D. Leavis declared Margaret Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the "missing link" in nineteenth-century literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and "more entertaining, more impressive, and more likeable than either." Miss... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lucilla Marjoribanks: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Marjoribanks: Lucilla's father, and one of the physicians in Carlingford.
- Mr Cavendish
- Barbara Lake
- Tom Marjoribanks
- Mary Chiley
- Mr Ashburton
- Mrs Woodburn
- Mrs Mortimer
- Jemima
- Rose Lake
- Mr Beverley
- Nancy
- Grange Lane
- Thomas
- John Brown
- Mr Bury
- Mrs Centum
- Mr Chiltern
- Harry
- Mr Holden
- Dr Rider
- Mary Jane
- Marchbank
- Charles
- Luca La
- Major Brown
- Betsy
- Maria Brown
- Mr Tufton
- Edward
First Sentence edit
Miss Marjoribanks lost her mother when she was only fifteen, and when, to add to the misfortune, she was absent at school, and could not have it in her power to soothe her dear mamma's last moments, as she herself said.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in The Chronicles of Carlingford. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Margaret Oliphant (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.8
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Short Stories
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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