The Open Door and the Portrait

Name: The Open Door and the Portrait
Author: Margaret Oliphant
ISBN: 9781836103301

Author: Margaret Oliphant
Language: English
Length: 88 pages
ISBN: 9781836103301
Published: 20 March 2026
Imprint: Sovereign

supernatural mystery
haunted ruins
ghostly voices
family dynamics
psychological tension
rural Scotland
childhood sensitivity
paranormal experiences
emotional conflict
eerie atmosphere

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The Open Door and the Portrait by Margaret Oliphant weaves supernatural mystery with family life in rural Scotland. Colonel Mortimer’s household is unsettled when his sensitive son Roland hears a haunting voice from nearby ruins, drawing him into a troubling mystery. As fear and compassion intertwine, the family confronts unseen forces, blending emotional depth with eerie suspense.

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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Audiobook · English · Sovereign9781836102786