Margaret Oliphant
Clare Walker Gore looks at the life of Margaret Oliphant, the prolific Scottish author whose Miss Marjoribanks created a large comic heroine who bucked 19th-century conventions.
The novel Miss Marjoribanks (1866) brought to life a large comic heroine who bucked 19th-century conventions. New Generation Thinker Clare Walker Gore outlines the prolific writing career of Margaret Oliphant and laments the way she was used by fellow novelist Virginia Woolf as a symbol of the dangers of needing to write for money to keep yourself and your family afloat.
Producer: Paula McGinley
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- Wed 4 Mar 2020 22:45主播大秀 Radio 3
- Wed 20 Jul 2022 22:45主播大秀 Radio 3
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