Title: The marriage of Elinor
First published: 1891
Description: A headstrong girl marries the man everyone tells her is a scoundrel, and the she builds a life based on one lie after another, until the moment she is called to give evidence at a trial for embezzlement. A rivetting novel by Margaret Oliphant, dealing with Victorian marriage, ethics and feminism.
Subjects: Marriage, Ethics, Law
Places: London
Time periods: Around 1865