Project Gutenberg 2005-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 64 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Miss McDonald Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Miss McDonald" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Daisy McDonald and her tumultuous life after marrying Guy Thornton, who is significantly older than her and has certain expectations of their relationship. Through the perspective of Frances Thornton, Guy's sister, and the diaries of Daisy and Guy, the narrative explores themes of love, expectations, social status, and the complications that arise from misunderstandings and immaturity in marriage. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Frances Thornton, who reflects on her growing concerns over her brother Guy's choice to marry the young and seemingly naive Daisy. Frances feels eclipsed and worried about the impending dynamics in their household, particularly how Daisy’s youth and beauty will alter the family. As she prepares for the wedding and navigates with unease the inevitabilities of Daisy’s frivolity and Guy’s infatuation, we see the seeds of conflict regarding expectations, maturity, and the consequences of choices being planted. The narrative sets a rich backdrop of character emotions and societal pressures that will likely unfold in tragic and significant ways as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Divorce -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 206317 206327 2024-09-07T08:16:22.998457 2023-09-07T09:51:26.341406 text/html text/html 206902 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 110448 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 114434 2024-09-07T08:16:26.179417 application/epub+zip 116887 2024-09-07T08:16:23.442423 application/epub+zip 116887 2024-09-07T08:16:23.201432 application/epub+zip 193259 2024-09-07T08:16:28.602908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173647 2024-09-07T08:16:25.952438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173841 2022-09-08T03:45:23.032571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191926 191805 2024-09-07T08:16:22.701458 2023-09-07T09:51:25.981419 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 191818 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 73569 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 191809 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73548 2020-12-11T14:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20763 2024-09-07T08:16:28.736922 application/rdf+xml 17109 2024-09-07T08:16:23.286429 image/jpeg 3172 2024-09-07T08:16:23.247434 image/jpeg 109871 2024-09-07T08:16:23.020550 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