▁whose ▁nov els ▁Mar riage ▁( 1 8 1 8 ), ▁The ▁In herit ance ▁( 1 8 2 4 ) ▁and ▁Dest iny ▁( 1 8 3 1 ), ▁continued ▁the ▁domestic ▁tradition . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁mid - n in ete enth ▁century ▁major ▁literary ▁figures ▁that ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁included ▁David ▁Mac b eth ▁Mo ir ▁( 1 7 9 8 – 1 8 5 1 ), ▁John ▁Stuart ▁Black ie ▁( 1 8 0 9 – 9 5 ) ▁and ▁William ▁Ed mond st ou ne ▁A yt oun ▁( 1 8 1 3 – 6 5 ). ▁Margaret ▁O li ph ant ▁( 1 8 2 8 – 9 7 ) ▁produced ▁over ▁a ▁hundred ▁nov els , ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁historical ▁or ▁studies ▁of ▁man ners ▁set ▁in ▁Scotland ▁and ▁England , ▁including ▁The ▁Minister ' s ▁W ife ▁( 1 8 8 6 ) ▁and ▁K irst een ▁( 1 8 9 0 ). ▁Her ▁series ▁the ▁Chron icles ▁of ▁Car ling ford ▁has ▁been ▁compared ▁with ▁the ▁best ▁work ▁of ▁Anthony ▁T rollo pe . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Scottish - born ▁authors ▁achieved ▁international ▁re put ations . ▁Robert ▁Louis ▁Stevens on ' s ▁( 1 8 5 0 – 9 4 ) ▁work ▁included ▁the ▁urban ▁Goth ic ▁nov ella ▁Str ange ▁Case ▁of ▁Dr ▁J ek yll ▁and ▁Mr ▁Hy de ▁( 1 8 8 6 ), ▁which ▁expl ored