An orphan is taken in by relatives who use her as a servant, and a rich uncle is expected home from India — after which everyone's manners improve remarkably. Holmes sold something like two million books, outsold in her century by almost no American woman except Harriet Beecher Stowe; she wrote orphans, wills and just deserts, and the pleasure of the machinery is that it never once fails to deliver.
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The Great Short Stories of Thanksgiving
The Great Short Stories of Thanksgiving : An Anthology of Thanksgiving Tales by Classic American Authors
Hugh Worthington : A novel
The Cameron pride; or, purified by suffering : A Tale of Family, Pride, and Redemption in 19th-Century America
Forrest House : A novel
Edna Browning; or, the Leighton homestead. A novel : Enriched edition. Love, Family, and Resilience in a Quaint Rural Town
Glen's Creek : Love, Loss, and Social Class: An Immersive Dive into 19th Century American South
Mrs. Hallam's companion; and The Spring Farm, and other tales : Enriched edition. Echoes of Victorian Heartache and Joy
Rose Mather : Love, Duty, and Social Norms: A Historical Fiction Journey
Christmas stories : Capturing the spirit of Christmas: Heartwarming tales of family, love, and redemption in 19th-century America
Queenie Hetherton : A Tale of Love, Class, and Self-Discovery in 19th Century America
