"Mrs. Hallam's Companion; and The Spring Farm, and Other Tales" by Mary Jane Holmes is a story about a woman named Mrs. Carter Hallam, who after her husband becomes rich, is determined to climb the social ladder. We learn about her plans to travel to Europe and move in high society. We see her relationship with her nephew, Rex, and learn of a young woman, Bertha Leighton, who comes from a modest farming background. Mrs. Hallam makes Bertha her companion as they travel, even though Bertha is just working to help her family. The story looks at what happens between these characters, showing the difference between being wealthy and having a simple background.
Mrs. Hallam's companion; and The Spring Farm, and other tales
By Mary Jane Holmes
A socialite's quest for status pulls a humble farm girl into a world of European travel and complex relationships.
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About the AuthorMary Jane Holmes was an American author who published 39 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. Her books included: "Tempest and Sunshine" (1854), "English Orphans" (1855), "Homestead on the Hillside" (1855), "Lena Rivers" (1856), "Meadow Brook" (1857), "Dora Deane" (1858), "Cousin Maude" (1860), "Marian Gray" 186^, "Hugh Worthington" (1864), "Cameron Vide" (1867). "Rose Mather" (1868), "Ethelyn’s Mistake" (1869), "Edna Browning" (1872), "Mildred" (1877), "Forest House" (1879), "Daisy Thornton," "Queenie Hetherton" (1883), "Christmas Stories" (1884), "Bessie's Fortune" (1885). "Gretchen" (1887), "Marguerite" (1891).
Mary Jane Holmes was an American author who published 39 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. Her books included: "Tempest and Sunshine" (1854), "English Orphans" (1855), "Homestead on the Hillside" (1855), "Lena Rivers" (1856), "Meadow Brook" (1857), "Dora Deane" (1858), "Cousin Maude" (1860), "Marian Gray" 186^, "Hugh Worthington" (1864), "Cameron Vide" (1867). "Rose Mather" (1868), "Ethelyn’s Mistake" (1869), "Edna Browning" (1872), "Mildred" (1877), "Forest House" (1879), "Daisy Thornton," "Queenie Hetherton" (1883), "Christmas Stories" (1884), "Bessie's Fortune" (1885). "Gretchen" (1887), "Marguerite" (1891).
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