Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 79 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Ethelyn's Mistake Reading ease score: 67.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, John Hagerson, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Ethelyn's Mistake" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The book explores themes of love, societal expectations, and personal struggle as it follows the life of Ethelyn Grant, a young woman on the cusp of marriage, who grapples with her emotions tied to past relationships and her impending future. The opening of the novel introduces Ethelyn in the quiet, picturesque town of Chicopee, Massachusetts, on the morning of her wedding day. Despite the joyous occasion, she is troubled and introspective, feeling conflicted about her feelings for her fiancé, Richard Markham, and her past attachment to her cousin Frank Van Buren. The narrative captures the contrasts between Ethelyn’s emotions and the expectations around her, showcasing her internal turmoil as she prepares to enter into a life that may not align with her heart's desires. As she interacts with her supportive aunt Barbara and reflects on her past, it becomes clear that Ethelyn is facing a significant emotional dilemma, hinting at the deeper conflicts that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Married people -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 698644 692671 2024-10-05T16:13:54.747091 2023-10-06T04:08:49.083029 text/html text/html 687858 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 256599 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338660 2024-10-05T16:14:04.527004 application/epub+zip 350475 2024-10-05T16:13:57.905904 application/epub+zip 334297 2024-10-05T16:13:56.593901 application/epub+zip 612512 2024-10-05T16:14:10.183842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567896 2024-10-05T16:14:03.683876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540973 2022-09-06T18:50:00.229544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674301 674200 2024-10-05T16:13:53.802901 2023-10-06T04:08:48.378022 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 675687 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 253746 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 675678 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 253706 2020-12-14T17:40:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21704 2024-10-05T16:14:10.308809 application/rdf+xml 14045 2024-10-05T16:13:57.176881 image/jpeg 3747 2024-10-05T16:13:56.873879 image/jpeg 329271 2024-10-05T16:13:54.810979 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia