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Ombra

Author
Margaret Oliphant
Language
English
Length
432 pages
ISBN
9781836103356
Published
20 March 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • isolation
  • emotional neglect
  • coming of age
  • family dynamics
  • guardian relationship
  • loneliness
  • search for identity
  • social interaction
  • romantic awakening
  • personal growth

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Ombra by Margaret Oliphant follows Katherine Courtenay, a spirited but lonely heiress raised without affection at Langton-Courtenay. Isolated by her guardian, she grows impulsive and curious about the world around her. As she seeks connection among villagers and family, the novel explores isolation, emotional awakening, and the search for love, identity, and belonging.

Author

Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897) was a Scottish novelist who wrote as if the rent depended on it — because it often did. Widowed young, she supported a large household with novels, biographies, reviews, and stories of the seen and unseen, becoming one of the Victorian age's most tireless professionals. Domestic realism, historical fiction, and ghostly tales all came from the same steady pen.

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