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Маргарет Олифант

Собранные в этой книге мистические истории английских и американских писателей созданы в XIX – начале XX века – в эпоху расцвета жанра страшного рассказа в литературе Старого и Нового Света. Таинственные, непостижимые, леденящие кровь, а иногда и курьезные происшествия, поведанные в этих повество...

The Perpetual CurateOliphant Mrs. Margaret The Perpetual Curate CHAPTER I Carlingford is, as is well known, essentially a quiet place. There is no trade in the town, properly so called. To be sure, there are two or three small counting-houses at the other end of George Street, in that ambitious p...

The Two MarysMargaret Oliphant The Two Marys I. MY OWN STORY CHAPTER I MY name is Mary Peveril. My father was the incumbent of a proprietary chapel in that populous region which lies between Holborn and the New Road – a space within which there is a great deal of wealth and comfort, and a great d...

The Days of My Life: An AutobiographyMrs. Oliphant The Days of My Life: An Autobiography BOOK I. THE DAYS OF MY LIFE THE FIRST DAY I WAS going home from the village, and it was an autumn evening, just after sunset, when every crop was cut and housed in our level country, and when the fields of st...

The Doctor's FamilyMrs. (Margaret) Oliphant The Doctor's Family CHAPTER I Young Dr Rider lived in the new quarter of Carlingford: had he aimed at a reputation in society, he could not possibly have done a more foolish thing; but such was not his leading motive. The young man, being but young, aim...

Sir TomMrs. Oliphant Sir Tom CHAPTER I. HOW SIR TOM BECAME A GREAT PERSONAGE Sir Thomas Randolph had lived a somewhat stormy life during the earliest half of his career. He had gone through what the French called a jeunesse orageuse; nothing very bad had ever been laid to his charge; but he had b...

A Widow's Tale, and Other StoriesA Widow's Tale, and Other Stories INTRODUCTORY NOTE I remember well my first meeting with Mrs Oliphant a dozen years ago, how she "ordered" me to Windsor where she was then living (I like to think that it was an order, and obeyed as such by her very loyal subject)...

The Sorceress (complete)Margaret Oliphant The Sorceress (complete) CHAPTER I It was the most exciting event which had ever occurred in the family, and everything was affected by it.Imagine to yourselves such a young family, all in the very heyday of life, parents and children alike. It is true th...

The RectorMrs. (Margaret) Oliphant The Rector CHAPTER I It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new Rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford. It is a considerable town, it is true, nowadays, but then there are no alien activities to disturb the place – no manufactures, and not ...

Phoebe, JuniorOliphant Mrs. Margaret Phoebe, Junior CHAPTER I THE PASTOR'S PROGRESS Miss Phœbe Tozer, the only daughter of the chief deacon and leading member of the Dissenting connection in Carlingford, married, shortly after his appointment to the charge of Salem Chapel, in that town, the Rever...