Project Gutenberg 2003-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Holmes, Mary Jane 1825 1907 Holmes, Mary Jane (Hawes) Holmes, Mary J. Cousin Maude Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Cousin Maude" by Mary Jane Holmes is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of love, sacrifice, and complex family dynamics through the intertwined lives of its characters, particularly focusing on Matilda Remington, a widow, who is about to marry Dr. Kennedy, and her daughter, Maude Remington, who is caught in the emotional turmoil of this new family arrangement. At the start of the story, readers are introduced to Matilda, who is preparing for her marriage to Dr. Kennedy while grappling with the memories of her late husband, Harry. Matilda's hesitations about her new life are compounded by the arrival of Dr. Kennedy, who seems emotionally cold and self-serving. As they interact, Matilda reveals her motivations for the marriage, reflecting on her financial struggles and the need for stability. The introduction of little Maude, who has a clear aversion to her mother's fiancé, adds further complications to the familial tensions. The opening sets the stage for the ensuing conflict and emotional landscape that the characters will navigate as their lives become increasingly entangled. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (State) -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 383936 380053 2024-11-02T09:10:59.509975 2023-10-02T08:15:25.313853 text/html text/html 374698 2021-01-08T21:41:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 137987 2021-01-08T21:41:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219915 2024-11-02T09:11:07.574933 application/epub+zip 224744 2024-11-02T09:11:02.629937 application/epub+zip 205134 2024-11-02T09:11:01.349926 application/epub+zip 387481 2024-11-02T09:11:11.189885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373700 2024-11-02T09:11:06.777963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341311 2022-09-02T10:51:55.983421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358518 358427 2024-11-02T09:10:58.812973 2023-10-02T08:15:24.783838 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358439 2021-01-08T21:41:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136162 2021-01-08T21:41:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19780 2024-11-02T09:11:11.313884 application/rdf+xml 13272 2024-11-02T09:11:01.899941 image/jpeg 3520 2024-11-02T09:11:01.623961 image/jpeg 215224 2024-11-02T09:10:59.546964 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