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Marian Grey

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The story centers on Marian Lindsey, an orphan raised at Redstone Hall by a troubled guardian who harbors a grievous secret tied to her parentage and inheritance. On his deathbed he confesses a betrayal and urges her to marry his son Frederic to avert family disgrace, prompting Marian to wrestle with affection, self-worth, and public reputation. The plot advances through intimate household scenes, moral reckonings, and slowly revealed facts that unsettle social expectations. Themes include duty versus personal desire, the burdens of secrecy, and the search for identity and justice within constrained social circumstances.

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Title: Marian Grey

or, The heiress of Redstone Hall

Author: Mary Jane Holmes

Release date: May 27, 2023 [eBook #70870]
Most recently updated: July 6, 2023

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Carleton, 1863

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POPULAR NOVELS
By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes.
All published uniform with this volume, at $1.50, and sent free by mail on receipt of price.

I.—
DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT.
II.—
’LENA RIVERS.
III.—
TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.
IV.—
MARIAN GREY.
V.—
MEADOW BROOK.
VI.—
ENGLISH ORPHANS.
VII.—
DORA DEANE.
VIII.—
COUSIN MAUDE.
IX.—
HOMESTEAD ON THE HILLSIDE.

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.
CARLETON, Publisher,
New York.

MARIAN GREY;
OR, THE
HEIRESS OF REDSTONE HALL.

BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,
AUTHOR OF “’LENA RIVERS,” “TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK:
Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway.
M DCCC LXV.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863,
By DANIEL HOLMES,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Northern District of New York.
TO
N. C. MILLER,
OF NEW YORK,
MY MUCH ESTEEMED FRIEND,
AND
FORMER PUBLISHER,
THIS STORY OF MARIAN GREY
IS RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED,
BY
THE AUTHOR