Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 250 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Darkness and Daylight: A Novel Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Darkness and Daylight: A Novel" by Mary Jane Holmes is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The story explores the lives and intricate relationships of characters such as Richard Harrington, a blind man, and Edith Hastings, a spirited young girl, set against the backdrop of a mysterious and once-abandoned estate called Collingwood. The novel delves into themes of love, tragedy, and the burden of familial expectations, while also hinting at the supernatural with the ghosts of grief that linger in the shadows of Collingwood. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Collingwood, an estate that has been silent for years due to the eccentricities of its owner, Captain Harrington, and the lingering sorrow of his son, Richard, who has lost both his wife and child. Following years of wandering, Richard decides to return to his ancestral home, bringing with him the young Edith, who becomes enchanted with Collingwood's beauty and its mysteries. As Richard wrestles with his blindness and his emotional scars, the curious and tenacious Edith begins to bridge the gap between darkness and light, illustrating the healing power of companionship and hope. The opening chapters set the stage for a tale that promises to be rich in emotional depth and character exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Love stories Guardian and ward -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction Blind -- Fiction Mental illness -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 780178 2025-06-02T13:16:57.128263 text/html 779999 2025-01-09T01:32:12.028817 text/html 377153 2025-06-02T13:17:08.601172 application/epub+zip 389422 2025-06-02T13:17:00.800220 application/epub+zip 364389 2025-06-02T13:16:59.404208 application/epub+zip 642067 2025-06-02T13:17:15.023162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 593334 2025-06-02T13:17:07.651203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599195 2022-09-03T04:03:56.671497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725105 2025-06-02T13:16:56.490225 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 705290 2024-06-13T14:41:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17523 2025-06-02T13:17:15.167156 application/rdf+xml 11923 2025-06-02T13:16:59.967205 image/jpeg 2862 2025-06-02T13:16:59.680206 image/jpeg 374123 2025-06-02T13:16:57.196215 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