"The Tracy Diamonds" by Mary Jane Holmes is a late 19th-century novel that centers on Zacheus Taylor and his wife Dorothy, as they manage the Prospect House in Ridgefield. On a hot July morning, the couple juggles the demands of running their establishment while anticipating the arrival of important guests from New York, including Mrs. Freeman Tracy and her daughter. The narrative explores themes of ambition and social interaction through the quirky and sometimes humorous interactions of Uncle Zacheus and Dorothy, along with the promises of intrigue, expectations, societal observations and the subtle reference to a haunted house woven into the story's dynamics.
The Tracy diamonds
By Mary Jane Holmes
Amidst social expectations and whispers of haunted secrets, a couple prepares for the arrival of distinguished guests, setting the stage for tangled ambitions and hidden dramas.
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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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