Miss Marjoribanks
基本信息·出版社:Penguin Classics ·页码:512 页 ·出版日期:1999年06月 ·ISBN:0140436308 ·条形码:9780140436303 ·版本:New ·装帧:平装 · ...
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基本信息·出版社:Penguin Classics
·页码:512 页
·出版日期:1999年06月
·ISBN:0140436308
·条形码:9780140436303
·版本:New
·装帧:平装
·正文语种:英语
·丛书名:Penguin Classics
·外文书名:马奇班克斯小姐
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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 Marjoribanks is perhaps the most famous novel in
The Chronicles of Carlingford--Oliphant's popular series of short stories and novels chronicling the middle-class mores of a fictional English provincial town. The novel's heroine, Lucilla Marjoribanks, returns home to tend her widowed father and 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. Margaret Oliphant's acclaimed biographer, Elisabeth Jay, has edited and introduced this Penguin Classics edition.
"A tour de force . . . full of wit, surprises, and intrigue . . . we can imagine Jane Austen reading
Miss Marjoribanks with enjoyment and approval in the Elysian Fields." --Q. D. Leavis
作者简介 Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) was a prolific Scots writer, author of over 100 books and innumerable articles. Early widowed, she was compelled to write for a living. She is best remembered for her 'Chronicles of Carlingford' series, which is set in a quiet country town near London. Religious themes predominate but the books are sharp and humorous. Elisabeth Jay has written a critical 'Biography of Margaret Oliphant' and edited Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Bronte' for Penguin Classics.