"Bessie's Fortune: A Novel" by Mary Jane Holmes is a captivating story set in the late 1800s. It tells about Bessie's life amid a family with complicated relationships, like the Jerrolds and Greys. The novel looks into big ideas like chasing dreams, finding love, dealing with sadness, and how choices from the past can stick with us. The book hints at issues with social status and doing what your family expects, especially in the relationships between characters like Geraldine Jerrold, her husband Burton, and their child Grey. We find Mrs. Geraldine reflecting on her life and the rules of society she had to follow after getting married, with hopes for her son and her dislike for some of her husband's family, like his father and sister Hannah. The story starts with a feeling that something bad might happen, suggesting hidden truths and a difficult family history. As Thanksgiving gets closer, the family dinner becomes a place where you can see the emotional struggles and the problems rooted in the past.
Bessie's Fortune: A Novel
By Mary Jane Holmes
Amid secrets and societal expectations in the late 19th century, one woman navigates love, loss, and the haunting echoes of past decisions within a family brimming with ambition and hidden tensions.
Summary
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).
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Fated to Be Free: A Novel
By Jean Ingelow
Homestead on the Hillside
By Mary Jane Holmes
Edith Lyle : $b A novel
By Mary Jane Holmes
Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale
By Ida Glenwood
Edna Browning; $b or, the Leighton homestead. A novel
By Mary Jane Holmes
Mabel's Mistake
By Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
