author
Mary Jane Holmes
1825–1907
A hugely popular 19th-century novelist, she wrote emotional, fast-moving stories that won a vast readership in her own lifetime. Though less famous now, her books were once among the best-selling American novels of the era.
46 Audiobooks
Marian Grey : or, The heiress of Redstone Hall
by Mary Jane Holmes
Tempest and Sunshine
by Mary Jane Holmes
Edith Lyle : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
The Cromptons
by Mary Jane Holmes
Aikenside
by Mary Jane Holmes
Dora Deane; Or, The East India Uncle
by Mary Jane Holmes
Edna Browning; or, the Leighton homestead. A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Darkness and Daylight: A Novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Mildred : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Ethelyn's Mistake
by Mary Jane Holmes
Miss McDonald
by Mary Jane Holmes
Homestead on the Hillside
by Mary Jane Holmes
Hugh Worthington : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
The Cameron pride; or, purified by suffering : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Cousin Maude
by Mary Jane Holmes
Queenie Hetherton
by Mary Jane Holmes
The English Orphans; Or, A Home in the New World
by Mary Jane Holmes
Glen's Creek
by Mary Jane Holmes
Doctor Hathern's daughters : A story of Virginia, in four parts
by Mary Jane Holmes
Millbank; or, Roger Irving's ward. A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
The Rector of St. Mark's
by Mary Jane Holmes
Mrs. Hallam's companion; and The Spring Farm, and other tales
by Mary Jane Holmes
'Lena Rivers
by Mary Jane Holmes
Family Pride; Or, Purified by Suffering
by Mary Jane Holmes
Forrest House : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Chateau d'Or, Norah, and Kitty Craig
by Mary Jane Holmes
The abandoned farm, and Connie's mistake
by Mary Jane Holmes
West Lawn, and The rector of St. Mark's
by Mary Jane Holmes
Rose Mather: A tale
by Mary Jane Holmes
Rosamond, or, the Youthful Error: A Tale of Riverside; And Other Stories
by Mary Jane Holmes
Daisy Thornton
by Mary Jane Holmes
The Tracy diamonds
by Mary Jane Holmes
Tracy Park: A Novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Gretchen: A Novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Meadow Brook
by Mary Jane Holmes
Jessie Graham
by Mary Jane Holmes
Maggie Miller: The Story of Old Hagar's Secret
by Mary Jane Holmes
Maggie Lee! : Bad spelling, Diamonds, The answered prayer
by Mary Jane Holmes
Bessie's Fortune: A Novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Christmas stories
by Mary Jane Holmes
Bad Hugh
by Mary Jane Holmes
Lucy Harding : a romance of Russia
by Mary Jane Holmes
Madeline
by Mary Jane Holmes
Paul Ralston : A novel
by Mary Jane Holmes
Rena's experiment
by Mary Jane Holmes
The Merivale banks
by Mary Jane Holmes
About the author
Born Mary Jane Hawes in Brookfield, Massachusetts, on April 5, 1825, she became one of the most widely read American novelists of the 19th century. After marrying Daniel Holmes in 1849, she wrote under the name Mary Jane Holmes and went on to publish 39 novels as well as short fiction.
Her breakthrough came with Tempest and Sunshine in 1854, a book that sold remarkably well and helped establish her reputation with general readers. During her lifetime, her total book sales reportedly reached about two million, placing her among the most commercially successful American women writers of her day.
Holmes died on October 6, 1907, in Brockport, New York. She is often remembered for sentimental, highly readable fiction that connected strongly with everyday readers, even if literary fashion later moved on.