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Mary Jane Holmes


Born
in Brookfield Massachusetts, The United States
April 05, 1825

Died
January 01, 1907

Genre
Romance, Literature & Fiction


Mary Jane Holmes (a.k.a. Mary J. Holmes) was a bestselling and prolific American author who wrote 39 popular 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.

Mary Jane Holmes, nee Hawes (1825-1907) was an American author who wrote many popular novels. Holmes was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts. At age 13 she taught in a school. She married Daniel Holmes and they settled in Versailles, Kentucky. In 1854 she wrote her first novel, Tempest and Sunshine. The theme for most of her novels was domestic life. Other works include: The English Orphans; or, A Home in the New World (1855), 'Lena Rivers (1856), Homestead on the Hills ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 1,586 ratings · 173 reviews · 224 distinct works • Similar authors
The English Orphans
3.77 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1855 — 112 editions
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Homestead on the Hillside
3.44 avg rating — 218 ratings — 111 editions
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'Lena Rivers
3.94 avg rating — 139 ratings — 132 editions
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Tempest and Sunshine
3.75 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1854 — 116 editions
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Tracy Park
3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1886 — 31 editions
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3.95 avg rating — 60 ratings — 79 editions
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Bessie's Fortune
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1885 — 56 editions
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Maggie Miller
3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1858 — 64 editions
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Cousin Maude
3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1860
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Ethelyn's Mistake
3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1869 — 82 editions
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― Mary Jane Holmes, Homestead on the Hillside
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