Project Gutenberg 2023-01-24 Public domain in the USA. 183 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Rose Mather: A tale $aUnited States :$bCarleton,$c1868,pubdate 1883. 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) "Rose Mather: A Tale" by Mary Jane Holmes is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set during the tumultuous backdrop of the American Civil War, capturing the lives and emotions of characters affected by the conflict. It introduces Rose Mather, a wealthy and somewhat naïve young woman, and explores her relationships with others in her community, including her husband, William Mather, as well as Annie Graham, a woman whose husband has enlisted to serve in the war. At the start of the novel, the community in Rockland is buzzing with the announcement of the Civil War's outset following the fall of Fort Sumter. People gather for the first war meeting at a local church, stirring a mixture of patriotic fervor and personal anguish among families as they grapple with the reality of sending their loved ones off to battle. Rose is depicted as vacillating between a sense of privilege and ignorance regarding the war’s seriousness, whereas characters like Widow Simms and Annie Graham represent deeper emotional struggles tied to familial duty and sacrifice. The initial chapters set the stage for a narrative that promises to delve into themes of love, bravery, and the harsh realities of war, emphasizing the contrasting perspectives of those who are called to serve and those who must stay behind. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/rosemathertale00holmiala 20201230095536holmes 1868 US Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: American Literature 824125 2025-07-27T13:35:27.355703 text/html 797589 2024-10-19T03:54:59 text/html 811461 2025-07-27T13:35:39.096173 application/epub+zip 807492 2025-07-27T13:35:30.070229 application/epub+zip 462210 2025-07-27T13:35:28.502706 application/epub+zip 1254385 2025-07-27T13:35:45.978121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 990432 2025-07-27T13:35:37.854169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 745281 2025-07-27T13:35:25.788752 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 725353 2024-10-19T03:54:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15938 2025-07-27T13:35:46.146103 application/rdf+xml 11472 2025-07-27T13:35:28.799696 image/jpeg 1810 2025-07-27T13:35:28.652685 image/jpeg 1631973 2025-07-27T13:35:27.514732 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