Project Gutenberg 2023-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 145 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. 07006022 Christmas stories $aUnited States :$bG.W. Carleton & Co.,$c1884,pubdate 1885. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Christmas Stories" by Mary Jane Holmes is a collection of festive narratives written during the late 19th century. This work offers a blend of sentimentality and moral lessons, centering on themes of family, kindness, and redemption during the Christmas season. Among the prominent characters are Alice Warren, the beautiful daughter of a blind man, and Adelaide Huntington, who wrestles with issues of class conflict and pride. At the start of the book, the scene is set on Christmas Eve in the opulent parlor of the Warren household, where Alice prepares for her grand debut as a young lady. As the festivities unfold, we witness the contrasting lives of Alice and Adelaide, who is from a less fortunate background but longs to rise above her social standing. The narrative introduces Mr. Warren, Alice's blind father, whose challenges and enduring love for his daughter underscore the story’s emotional depth. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for a tale filled with compassion, highlighting the struggles of the Warrens contrasted against the aspirations of the Huntington family, setting a poignant tone for the holiday-themed stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/christmasstories00holm 20210104205916holmes 1884 US Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en American fiction -- 19th century Christmas stories, American PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Novels Category: British Literature 512047 2025-06-27T12:28:27.282910 text/html 485936 2024-10-19T03:34:43 text/html 891313 2025-06-27T12:28:34.589858 application/epub+zip 893719 2025-06-27T12:28:29.117859 application/epub+zip 289756 2025-06-27T12:28:28.186923 application/epub+zip 1174954 2025-06-27T12:28:39.012826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 864638 2025-06-27T12:28:33.777847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452039 2025-06-27T12:28:26.215873 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 432109 2024-10-19T03:34:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16340 2025-06-27T12:28:39.164806 application/rdf+xml 8887 2025-06-27T12:28:28.396858 image/jpeg 1347 2025-06-27T12:28:28.288917 image/jpeg 1172833 2025-06-27T12:28:27.408891 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