Merkland, Orphans, Heart and Cross, Miss Marjoribanks, Phoebe Junior, Carità, In Trust, Hester
Adam Graeme, The Curate in Charge, Hester, Kirsteen
The Ladies Lindores, Sir Tom, Madam, The Prodigals and Their Inheritance, Sir Robert's Fortune,
Old Mr Tredgold, A Girl of the Period (comic treatment)
Mrs Clifford's Marriage, Madonna Mary, The Ladies Lindores, Sir Tom, A Country Gentleman, Madam, The Marriage of Elinor, Sir Robert's Fortune
Mrs Clifford's Marriage, Sir Tom, Sir Robert's Fortune
The Doctor's Family, My Faithful Johnny, The Ladies Lindores, The Lady's Walk, Elinor, Joyce,
Mary's Brother
The "virtue" of self-sacrifice was a popular concept in Victorian times - expected of women much oftener than of men. In some Oliphant novels a woman sacrifices her own life out of love for her family and out of her conviction that she is the only capable person; but in others such as My Faithful Johnny, The Ladies Lindores, and Joyce, she is being bullied or manipulated by someone selfish. Margaret Oliphant often questioned the wisdom and necessity of self-sacrifice: "Don't you see that to accept this giving up of your life is barbarous, it is wicked, it is demoralizing to the others?" (My Faithful Johnny.)
Merkland, a Story of Scottish Life [Self-Sacrifice] | (Marjory) | Novel | 1850 |
Adam Graeme of Mossgray | Novel | 1852 | |
Orphans, a Chapter in Life | Novel | 1857 | |
The Doctor's Family | Novel | 1861 | |
Mrs Clifford's Marriage | Novel | 1863 | |
Heart and Cross | Novel | 1863 | |
Miss Marjoribanks | Novel | 1865 | |
Madonna Mary | Novel | 1866 | |
The Curate in Charge | Novel | 1875 | |
Phoebe, Junior - a Last Chronicle of Carlingford | Novel | 1876 | |
Carità | (Agnes) | Novel | 1876 |
My Faithful Johnny | Short Fiction | 1880 | |
In Trust, the Story of a Lady and Her Lover | Novel | 1881 | |
The Ladies Lindores | Novel | 1882 | |
The Lady's Walk | Novel | 1882 | |
Sir Tom | Novel | 1883 | |
Hester, a Story of Contemporary Life | Novel | 1883 | |
Madam | Novel | 1884 | |
Elinor | Short Fiction | 1884 | |
The Prodigals and Their Inheritance | Novel | 1884 | |
A Country Gentleman and His Family | Novel | 1885 | |
Joyce | Novel | 1887 | |
Kirsteen | Novel | 1889 | |
The Marriage of Elinor | Novel | 1891 | |
A Girl of the Period | Short Fiction | 1892 | |
Mary's Brother | Short Fiction | 1892 | |
Sir Robert's Fortune, the Story of a Scotch Moor | Novel | 1893 | |
Old Mr Tredgold, a Story of Two Sisters | Novel | 1895 |
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