A Beleaguered City
About this book
This is one of only two supernatural novels by prolific nineteenth-century writer Margaret Oliphant. Set in the town of Semur, in the Bourgogne region of France, it is a powerful, sombre fantasy relating the events that unfold after the settlement is besieged by the dead. A departure from her ubiquitous realistic tales of everyday middle-class Victorian life, the novel is presumably inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem of the same name, itself widely available online and well worth seeking out.
Reader Profile
3.4/5 · 123 readers · 78 pages · ≈ 1 h 27 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read A Beleaguered City?
About ≈ 1 h 27 m — 78 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Beleaguered City?
78 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Beleaguered City?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is A Beleaguered City in the public domain?
Yes — it is free to read and share.
Where does A Beleaguered City take place?
It is set in Burgundy (France).
Who wrote A Beleaguered City?
Margaret Oliphant.
Where can I read A Beleaguered City online for free?
It is in the public domain — read it free on Open Library. Open Library