Project Gutenberg 2011-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 186 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Daisy Thornton Produced by Roger Frank, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Daisy Thornton" by Mary Jane Holmes is a fictional novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Daisy McDonald, a young girl whose life undergoes drastic changes after her hasty marriage to Guy Thornton, a man much older than her. As the narrative unfolds, we witness the challenges of their mismatched union, Daisy's struggle to adapt to married life, and the complications that arise from both characters’ backgrounds and expectations. The opening of the novel introduces us to Frances Thornton, Guy's sister, who shares her thoughts and feelings through her journal entries. We learn about Guy's upcoming marriage to Daisy, a girl of only sixteen whom he believes he can mold into the perfect wife. Frances expresses her doubts and concerns about this union, highlighting the drastic differences in maturity and temperament between Guy and Daisy. As the story progresses through journal entries from various characters, we see Daisy's naivety and her longing for a more carefree life, contrasted with Guy’s serious nature and love for literature. The stage is set for deeper explorations of love, responsibility, and social expectations as the characters navigate their intertwined destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 222732 2025-08-15T08:46:21.693084 text/html 224381 2011-09-17T15:36:18 text/html 167202 2025-08-15T08:46:30.187030 application/epub+zip 244048 2025-01-15T09:20:14.400924 application/pdf 244048 2025-01-15T09:20:05.988984 application/pdf 166642 2025-08-15T08:46:25.500060 application/epub+zip 166642 2025-08-15T08:46:23.206050 application/epub+zip 278385 2025-08-15T08:46:33.140027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250884 2025-08-15T08:46:28.758079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219484 2022-09-17T07:47:45.350775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189956 2025-08-15T08:46:21.079071 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191206 2011-09-17T15:34:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190116 2011-09-17T15:32:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190114 2011-09-17T15:35:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26010 2025-08-15T08:46:33.433999 application/rdf+xml 191928 2025-08-15T08:46:20.979084 text/x-rst 191924 2011-09-17T15:36:00 text/x-rst 12070 2025-08-15T08:46:23.981062 image/jpeg 3328 2025-08-15T08:46:23.593091 image/jpeg 72010 2011-09-17T15:38:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 71897 2011-09-17T15:38:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 78451 2011-09-17T15:38:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 72841 2011-09-17T15:38:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 71887 2011-09-17T15:38:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 141699 2025-08-15T08:46:21.711086 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