The English Orphans: Or, a Home in the New World. by Mary J. Holmes novel : Mary Jane Holmes Paperback 1533312028 9781533312020 Mary J. Holmes

<b>This is a Brand New book in excellent condition.</b><br><p></p><ul><li>Format: Paperback</li><li>Author: Mary J. Holmes</li><li>ISBN10: 1533312028</li><li>ISBN13: 9781533312020</li></ul><br> <p>Mary and her sisters become orphans after their mother dies. Ella is beautiful and is adopted. Mary is homely and must go to the poorhouse, along with her sickly sister, Alice. Will there be a 'happy ever after?' Mary Jane Holmes Mary J. Holmes was a bestselling and prolific American author who wrote 39 popular 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. Mary Jane Holmes, nee Hawes 1825-1907 was an American author who wrote many popular novels. Holmes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. Other works include: The English Orphans; or, A Home in the New World 1855 , Lena Rivers 1856 , Homestead on the Hillside 1856 , Meadow Brook 1857 , Dora Deane; or, The East India Uncle 1859 , Cousin Maude 1860 , Rosamond Maude 1860 , Darkness and Daylight 1864 , Hugh Worthington 1865 , Family Pride; or, Purified by Suffering 1867 , Ethelyns Mistake 1869 , Edna Browning; or, The Leighton Homestead 1872 , West Lawn 1874 , Edith Lyles Secret 1876 , Forrest House 1879 , Christmas Stories 1885 , Bessies Fortune 1885 , Tracy Park 1886 , Gretchen 1887 , Paul Ralston 1897 , The Cromptons 1899 and Bad Hugh 1900 . 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. Her popular work was excluded from most 19th-century literary histories, but she has received recognition and reappraisal since the late 20th century.</p>