The Library Window is a short story by the Scottish author Margaret Oliphant. It was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in January 1896. It is a ghost story where the protagonist is fascinated by a window at her aunt's house in which she sees the ghost of a young, murdered writer. It was one of Oliphant's most controversial stories. Modern interpretations consider it a statement of the oppressive conditions for women in the late Victorian period.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "Writing Scotland - Margaret Oliphant - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. ^ Cooke, Simon (2006). "Margaret Oliphant's "The Library Window" and the Idea of Adolescent Insanity". Victorians Institute Journal. 34: 243–255. ISSN 0886-3865.
  3. ^ Oliphant, Margaret (January 1896). "The Library Window". Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. 159 (963): 1–30.