'Human nature may be easy to see through, but it is very hard to understand.' The ageing Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the family bank. She thinks she sees through everyone and rules over
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'Human nature may be easy to see through, but it is very hard to understand.' The ageing Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the family bank. She thinks she sees through everyone and rules over
'There was not a soul to be seen, up or down; and the trees stood like ghosts, and the silence was terrible, and everything clear as day. You dont know what silence is until you find it in the light like that...' Margaret Oliphants superbly strang
To gotiske noveller af Margaret Oliphant. Oversat af Christina Frøkjær Den skotske forfatter Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) var en særdeles produktiv forfatter, der udgav mere end hundrede bøger i forskellige genrer. Hun var en af de mange kvindelige forfa