Project Gutenberg 2023-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 103 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Marian Grey : $b or, The heiress of Redstone Hall $aUnited States :$bCarleton, $c1863, pubdate 1865. 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) "Marian Grey; or, The Heiress of Redstone Hall" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Marian, a young girl raised by her guardian Colonel Raymond, as she navigates the complexities of love, duty, and self-worth in a society that values wealth and status. The unfolding conflict primarily involves her feelings towards Frederic Raymond, Colonel Raymond's son, and the secrets surrounding her true inheritance." "The opening of the novel sets a somber and introspective tone, as we are introduced to Marian moving through her life at Redstone Hall, where she has been raised with affection but also under the shadow of unconfessed family secrets. Colonel Raymond, who has cared for Marian since being entrusted with her welfare by her late father, hints at a grave wrong that he has done her as he nears death. This sense of foreboding culminates in a midnight conversation where he prompts Marian to consider marriage to Frederic, their growing mutual affection overshadowed by societal expectations and hidden motives. The narrative opens up a world of emotional turmoil as Marian grapples with her appearance and her worth, setting the stage for the deeper conflicts that will arise as she confronts the truth of her identity and the consequences of her guardian's past." (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mariangreyorheir00holmiala 20210106221636holmes 1863 US Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Kentucky -- Fiction Runaway wives -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: American Literature 868924 2025-06-28T06:31:17.424483 text/html 866892 2023-07-06T06:08:34 text/html 808220 2025-06-28T06:31:28.367410 application/epub+zip 804723 2025-06-28T06:31:19.602507 application/epub+zip 451972 2025-06-28T06:31:18.492467 application/epub+zip 1166430 2025-06-28T06:31:34.830410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122959 2025-06-28T06:31:27.300458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 765838 2025-06-28T06:31:15.567525 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 765593 2023-07-06T06:07:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19374 2025-06-28T06:31:34.990384 application/rdf+xml 11247 2025-06-28T06:31:18.718458 image/jpeg 1935 2025-06-28T06:31:18.604492 image/jpeg 268407 2023-07-06T06:09:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 949082 2023-07-06T06:09:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 976051 2025-06-28T06:31:17.503466 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