Mary J Holmes: 19 books

14 Complete Works of Mary J. Holmes Aikenside Bad Hugh Bessie's Fortune Cousin Maude Darkness and Daylight Dora Deane Lena Rivers Maggie Miller Miss McDonald Rosamond Tempest and Sunshine The Cromptons The English Orphans The Rector of St. Mark's

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....

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers,...

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers,...

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers,...

Gretchen is a Novel by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes AUTHOR OF TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.—DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT.—MILBANK.—ENGLISH ORPHANS.—'LENA RIVERS.—ETHELYN'S MISTAKE.—HUGH WORTHINGTON.—MADELINE.—WEST LAWN.—EDNA BROWNING.—MARIAN GREY.—BESSIE'S FORTUNE, ETC. Pubished by G.W. Dillingham, Publisher, SUCCESSOR TO G.W. CARLETON & CO. in 1887

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers,...

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Gretchen - A Novel. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Mary J. Holmes,...

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers,...

A truly pulp classic romance.

Popular novel, first published in 1877.