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Forrest House

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A young man returns home from study to his family's country estate and becomes entangled in romantic ties, social expectations, inheritance complications, and secret revelations that unsettle household stability. The story traces his relationships with a generous young woman who supports him, a spirited friend, and a rival whose actions provoke scandal; legal troubles, illness, hidden parentage, and an arrest catalyze crises that force characters to confront truth. Alternating scenes of domestic life and public confrontation explore themes of duty, reputation, personal sacrifice, and the healing effects of honesty and forgiveness.

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Title: Forrest House

A novel

Author: Mary Jane Holmes

Release date: April 6, 2023 [eBook #70473]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: G. W. Carleton and Co., Publishers, 1879

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BY
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FORREST HOUSE.
A Novel.

BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,
AUTHOR OF
Tempest and Sunshine.’Lena Rivers.Darkness and Daylight.Marian Grey.English Orphans.Hugh Worthington.Millbank.Ethelyn’s Mistake.Edna Browning, Etc., Etc.
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As words, and hands, and hearts, and priest,
Could make us.” Beaumont and Fletcher.
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COPYRIGHT, 1879,
BY
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[All Rights Reserved.]
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