Dora Deane, or the East India Uncle, by Mary J. Holmes (Worlds classics) (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Dora deane, or the east india uncle; and maggie miller, or old hagar's secret: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Author by Holmes, Mary Jane Publisher of Dora Deane, or The East India uncle; and Maggie Miller, 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), Ethelyn's Mistake (1869), Edna Browning; or, The Leighton Homestead (1872), West Lawn (1874), Edith Lyle's Secret (1876), Forrest House (1879), Christmas Stories (1885), Bessie's Fortune (1885), Tracy Park (1886), Gretchen (1887), Paul Ralston (1897), The Cromptons (1899) and Bad Hugh (1900). After reading an overview of ebook Dora Deane; Or, the East India Uncle above. We hope this ebook attracted you to read full version, And if you loves to read more ebooks we want suggest you to subscribe by registration and fulfil requirments to complate reading a lot fo ebooks in our library, Which contain various ebook available in various categoris such as Adventure, Health, Science, Biography, Politic, Law, Romance, Bussiness, Art and etc. Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 - October 6, 1907) was a bestselling and prolific American author who published 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. 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.