Overview
Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 - October 6, 1907) was a bestselling and prolific American author who published 39 popular novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portraying domestic life in small-town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War with a strong sense of moral justice. Since the late 20th century she has received fresh recognition and reappraisal, although her popular work was excluded from most 19th-century literary histories
- | Author: Mary Jane Holmes
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Apr 03, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 218 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1530870275
- | ISBN-13: 9781530870271
