The Quiet Heart

Margaret Oliphant Wilson OliphantProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.8
Word count
380K words
Chapters
38

Tags

English Originals Foreign Literature Fate and FortuneMarriage and RelationshipsFamily EthicsLove EntanglementsDelicate EmotionsInner WorldDaily ReflectionsSacrifice and EnduranceVictorian EraFemale Perspective

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Quiet Heart by Mrs. OliphantAuthor: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: May 11, 2019

Editor's review

This is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant, a prolific Victorian author, made available as a free ebook through Project Gutenberg. Mrs. Oliphant excelled at depicting domestic life and women's inner worlds; her touch is delicate and restrained, and she often builds emotional tension within everyday trifles. The Quiet Heart follows this vein, centering on quiet, reserved characters and advancing not through intense dramatic conflict but through shifting relationships and psychological movement. For today's readers its value lies first in offering a sample of a tributary of nineteenth-century British fiction, and second in its unhurried narrative, which rewards slow reading. The electronic edition is easy to search and carry, suiting fragmented reading on commutes or before sleep. A caveat: the original is in English and dates from an early period, so its language and narrative pace pose a threshold for beginners; reading alongside a guide or a translation is advised.

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  1. Read a chapter or two first to feel the narrative pace, then decide between close and general reading
  2. Prepare a character chart and note relationships as you read to avoid confusing similar names
  3. Read one chapter each night at a fixed time, using background material to understand period customs
  4. When encountering long sentences, grasp the main structure first rather than looking up every word and interrupting the reading

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Contents

  1. 1
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Is this book in Chinese or English? The original is in English, released as a free ebook by Project Gutenberg and classified as English literature. If English reading is difficult, you may read alongside a Chinese translation or a guide.
Who is Mrs. Oliphant? Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897) was a prolific Victorian British author who wrote numerous novels as well as historical and literary criticism. Her works often focus on domestic life and women's circumstances, in a delicate and restrained style.
What is Project Gutenberg? Project Gutenberg is an early provider of free ebooks, founded by Michael Hart in 1971. It works to digitize public-domain books for free access and was pioneering in the development of ebooks.

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About the author

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant Author · British (Scottish) · 1828–1897

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, 1828–1897) was a prolific Scottish novelist, historical writer and biographer of the Victorian era. Born in Wallyford, she gained fame in 1849 with Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland. In 1852 she married her cousin Frank Oliphant; widowed in 1859, she supported her children by her pen and published more than a hundred works in her lifetime. The library holds 90 of her works, including the Carlingford Chronicles, Salem Chapel, Miss Marjoribanks, supernatural tales, Hester, Kirsteen and the autobiography The Days of My Life. She is known for her delicate, humorous portrayals of small-town life and for her historical and biographical writing, and stands as a representative professional woman writer of the Victorian period.