Margaret Oliphant 
Salem Chapel 

One of the entries in Margaret Oliphant’s series The Carlingford Chronicles, Salem Chapel offers modern-day readers a peek into the Victorian era, replete with its preoccupation with socioeconomic status and strict codes of behavior. In this volume of the series, an unsavory character (whose identity might surprise you) concocts a plot to besmirch the reputation of an upstanding young lady.