Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Days Of My Life An Autobiography (1857) By: Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant: Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (N?E Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 AprilISBN13:9781537753393ISBN10:1537753398Author:Oliphant, Mrs (Margaret) (Author)Description:Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (N E Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), Was A Scottish Novelist And Historical Writer, Who Usually Wrote As Mrs Oliphant Her Fictional Works Encompass Domestic Realism, The Historical Novel And Tales Of The Supernatural *Life* The Daughter Of Francis W Wilson (C 1788-1858), A Clerk, And His Wife, Margaret Oliphant (C 1789-1854), She Was Born At Wallyford, Near Musselburgh, East Lothian, And Spent Her Childhood At Lasswade (Near Dalkeith), Glasgow And Liverpool As A Girl, She Constantly Experimented With Writing In 1849 She Had Her First Novel Published: Passages In The Life Of Mrs Margaret Maitland This Dealt With The Scottish Free Church Movement, With Which Mr And Mrs Wilson Both Sympathised, And Met With Some Success It Was Followed By Caleb Field In 1851, The Year In Which She Met The Publisher William Blackwood In Edinburgh And Was Invited To Contribute To The Famous Blackwood's Magazine The Connection Was To Last For Her Whole Lifetime, During Which She Contributed Well Over 100 Articles, Including A Critique Of The Character Of Arthur Dimmesdale In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter In May 1852, She Married Her Cousin, Frank Wilson Oliphant, At Birkenhead, And Settled At Harrington Square In London An Artist Working Mainly In Stained Glass, Her Husband Had Delicate Health, And Three Of Their Six Children Died In Infancy, While The Father Himself Developed Alarming Symptoms Of Tuberculosis, Then Known As Consumption For The Sake Of His Health They Moved In January 1859 To Florence, And Then To Rome, Where Frank Oliphant Died His Wife, Left Almost Entirely Without Resources, Returned To England And Took Up The Burden Of Supporting Her Three Remaining Children By Her Own Literary Activity She Had Now Become A Popular Writer, And Worked With Amazing Industry To Sustain Her Position Unfortunately, Her Home Life Was Full Of Sorrow And Disappointment In January 1864 Her Only Remaining Daughter Maggie Died In Rome, And Was Buried In Her Father's Grave Her Brother, Who Had Emigrated To Canada, Was Shortly Afterwards Involved In Financial Ruin, And Mrs Oliphant Offered A Home To Him And His Children, And Added Their Support To Her Already Heavy Responsibilities In 1866 She Settled At Windsor To Be Near Her Sons Who Were Being Educated At Eton That Year, Her Second Cousin, Annie Louisa Walker, Came To Live With Her As A Companion-Housekeeper 3] This Was Her Home For The Rest Of Her Life, And For More Than Thirty Years She Pursued A Varied Literary Career With Courage Scarcely Broken By A Series Of The Gravest Troubles The Ambitions She Cherished For Her Sons Were Unfulfilled Cyril Francis, The Elder, Died In 1890, Leaving A Life Of Alfred De Musset, Incorporated In His Mother's Foreign Classics For English Readers, The Younger, Francis (Whom She Called Cecco), Collaborated With Her In The Victorian Age Of English Literature And Won A Position At The British Museum, But Was Rejected By Sir Andrew Clark, A Famous Physician Cecco Died In 1894 With The Last Of Her Children Lost To Her, She Had But Little Further Interest In Life Her Health Steadily Declined, And She Died At Wimbledon, London, On 25 June 1897 In The 1880S She Was The Literary Mentor Of The Irish Novelist Emily Lawless During This Time Oliphant Wrote Several Works Of Supernatural Fiction, Including The Long Ghost Story A Beleaguered City (1880) And Several Short Tales, Including The Open Door And Old Lady Mary Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-09-19Weight:0.96 lbsDimensions:0.45'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:214Language:English
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Book Title: Days of My Life. an Autobiography (1857). by: Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant : Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (née Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 25 June 1897), Was a Scottish Novelist and Historical Writer, Who Usually Wrote As Mrs. Oliphant
Item Length: 10in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 8in.
Author: Margaret O. w. Oliphant
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 214 Pages
