Project Gutenberg 2011-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 153 Caine, Hall, Sir 1853 1931 Caine, Thomas Henry Hall, Sir Caine, T. Hall, Sir Caine, Sir Hall The Blind Mother, and The Last Confession Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Blind Mother" by Hall Caine is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Mercy, a blind mother who longs to see her child, Ralphie, who she has never seen due to losing her sight shortly before his birth. The narrative explores themes of motherhood, love, loss, and the struggles of a woman defined by her blindness, as well as her relationships with her father and Greta, the child's caregiver. At the start of the novel, the serene beauty of the Vale of Newlands is juxtaposed with Mercy's poignant experience as she watches a children's procession pass by her cottage. She is unable to see them, yet her longing to connect with her child is palpable as she engages with her father, Laird Fisher, reflecting the deep emotional connections they share. The peaceful domestic setting gradually reveals tensions, particularly surrounding Mercy's blindness and the challenges of her motherhood. The opening sets a rich, evocative atmosphere while foreshadowing the struggles that Mercy will face as she grapples with her identity as a mother and her yearning for sight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 198789 2025-08-14T09:46:00.767483 text/html 197462 2011-02-01T19:46:24 text/html 147866 2025-08-14T09:46:06.970461 application/epub+zip 149934 2025-08-14T09:46:03.706491 application/epub+zip 144700 2025-08-14T09:46:02.562513 application/epub+zip 331084 2025-08-14T09:46:09.402918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317898 2025-08-14T09:46:06.237533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286096 2022-09-16T07:11:13.104231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186778 2025-08-14T09:46:00.179491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186629 2011-02-01T19:46:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186620 2011-02-01T19:46:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20014 2025-08-14T09:46:09.539913 application/rdf+xml 17552 2025-08-14T09:46:03.050472 image/jpeg 4011 2025-08-14T09:46:02.804463 image/jpeg 72503 2011-02-01T19:46:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 74908 2011-02-01T19:46:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 72462 2011-02-01T19:46:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 145188 2025-08-14T09:46:00.784458 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