Mary Jane Holmes: Miss McDonald, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Miss McDonald
- Publisher:
- Bibliotech Press, 02/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798888309339
- Item number:
- 12203748
- Volume:
- 112 Pages
- Weight:
- 195 g
- Format:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Thickness:
- 7 mm
- Release date:
- 3.2.2025
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Charming story about a couple with one confusing relationship. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, this is the story of a married couple who split up, get involved with other people but then find they still want each other. Daisy was a little annoying and immature at first, being a bride of 16 (that may have been the author's intent) but it is fun to see her age and mature into a charitable woman with a loving heart. (Angie Fehl)
About the author
Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 - October 6, 1907) was an American author who published 39 novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250, 000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her books included: "Tempest and Sunshine" (1854), "English Orphans" (1855), "Homestead on the Hillside" (1855), "Lena Rivers" (1856), "Meadow Brook" (1857), "Dora Deane" (1858), "Cousin Maude" (1860), "Marian Gray" 186^, "Hugh Worthington" (1864), "Cameron Vide" (1867). "Rose Mather" (1868), "Ethelyn's Mistake" (1869), "Edna Browning" (1872), "Mildred" (1877), "Forest House" (1879), "Daisy Thornton," "Queenie Hetherton" (1883), "Christmas Stories" (1884), "Bessie's Fortune" (1885). "Gretchen" (1887), "Marguerite" (1891).
Portraying domestic life in small-town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War with a strong sense of moral justice. Since the late 20th century, she has received fresh recognition and reappraisal, although her popular work was excluded from most 19th-century literary histories.
... Holmes died in 1907, at the age of 82, in Brockport. Her obituary was published a few days later in the Nation, reflecting her stature. Long excluded from literary histories of the nineteenth century written by men, the author was reappraised by scholars in the late 20th and early 21st century, who recognized her achievements and the value of her work. (wikipedia. org)
