Margaret Oliphant — Hester with Perri Klass

If you’re drawn to the hefty tomes of Victorian authors Anthony Trollope and George Eliot, we can pretty much guarantee you’ll enjoy this week’s novel, Hester, as much as we did. Margaret Oliphant is said to have been one of Queen Victoria’s favorite novelists, and she counted J.M. Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson among her many fans. Joining us to discuss Hester is New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass. 

Discussed in this episode: 

Hester by Margaret Oliphant

Dr. Perri Klass

George Eliot

Anthony Trollope

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Blackwoods Magazine

The Brontes 

Henry James

The Best Medicine by Perri Klass

Charles Dickens

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Dorothea Brooke

The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope

The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant

Reach Out and Read

Miss Marjoriebanks by Margaret Oliphant