Project Gutenberg 2005-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 88 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Miss McDonald Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Miss McDonald" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Daisy McDonald and her tumultuous life after marrying Guy Thornton, who is significantly older than her and has certain expectations of their relationship. Through the perspective of Frances Thornton, Guy's sister, and the diaries of Daisy and Guy, the narrative explores themes of love, expectations, social status, and the complications that arise from misunderstandings and immaturity in marriage. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Frances Thornton, who reflects on her growing concerns over her brother Guy's choice to marry the young and seemingly naive Daisy. Frances feels eclipsed and worried about the impending dynamics in their household, particularly how Daisy’s youth and beauty will alter the family. As she prepares for the wedding and navigates with unease the inevitabilities of Daisy’s frivolity and Guy’s infatuation, we see the seeds of conflict regarding expectations, maturity, and the consequences of choices being planted. The narrative sets a rich backdrop of character emotions and societal pressures that will likely unfold in tragic and significant ways as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Divorce -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 206447 2025-07-07T05:44:25.516923 text/html 206902 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/html 114672 2025-07-07T05:44:28.310926 application/epub+zip 116885 2025-07-07T05:44:25.907931 application/epub+zip 116885 2025-07-07T05:44:25.699939 application/epub+zip 193227 2025-07-07T05:44:30.452908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173647 2025-07-07T05:44:28.100912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173841 2022-09-08T03:45:23.032571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191926 2025-07-07T05:44:25.286918 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191818 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191809 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21605 2025-07-07T05:44:30.576895 application/rdf+xml 17109 2025-07-07T05:44:25.764914 image/jpeg 3172 2025-07-07T05:44:25.731926 image/jpeg 73569 2020-12-11T14:10:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 110448 2020-12-11T14:10:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 73548 2020-12-11T14:10:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 109899 2025-07-07T05:44:25.534928 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia