Project Gutenberg 2021-07-28 Public domain in the USA. 163 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) 1828 1897 Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant Olyphant, Mrs. Oliphant, M. O. W. (Margaret Oliphant Wilson) Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, Mrs. Wilson, Margaret For love and life; vol. 1 of 2 Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "For Love and Life" by Mrs. Oliphant is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins on the shores of Loch Arroch and introduces an elderly woman named Mrs. Murray and her two companions, the charming young Jeanie and a respectful gentleman named Edgar Earnshaw, who is part of her family. The narrative explores themes of social status, pride, and familial duty as they grapple with the changes brought on by financial difficulties and ill health. The opening of the novel presents a portrait of Mrs. Murray, an aging farmer’s wife, who is proud yet burdened by the toll of time and financial collapse on her beloved farm. As she contemplates her future and that of her family, a complex interplay of love, sacrifice, and pride is introduced, particularly through the character of Edgar, who feels a moral obligation to support his grandmother despite his own sacrifices. The family dynamic unfolds with tensions surrounding how to care for Mrs. Murray amidst their own financial struggles, setting the stage for deeper explorations of duty and societal expectations that will likely develop throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 498262 2025-06-26T07:00:16.888292 text/html 482361 2024-10-18T15:12:09 text/html 403232 2025-06-26T07:00:22.162234 application/epub+zip 407112 2025-06-26T07:00:17.851270 application/epub+zip 253568 2025-06-26T07:00:17.372241 application/epub+zip 553781 2025-06-26T07:00:25.891215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507915 2025-06-26T07:00:21.686289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355441 2022-09-29T16:56:48.436519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466585 2025-06-26T07:00:16.429224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 446695 2024-10-18T15:12:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16486 2025-06-26T07:00:26.010179 application/rdf+xml 17066 2025-06-26T07:00:17.487233 image/jpeg 3144 2025-06-26T07:00:17.430220 image/jpeg 382599 2025-06-26T07:00:16.929278 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia