Margaret Oliphant - Madam: 'Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought''

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The life of Margaret Oliphant Wilson is marked by both literary achievement and personal tragedy. Beginning her writing career in her youth, she published her first novel in 1849 and established a successful relationship with Blackwood's Magazine. After marrying and losing her husband to tuberculosis, she faced the challenge of supporting her children through her writing. Despite her prolific output, she endured the heartbreaking loss of three children. Her later years were overshadowed by grief and declining health, culminating in her death in 1897.