Mary Jane Holmes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Jane Holmes

novelist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1828

Place of Birth: Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1907

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who published 39 novels, as well as short stories.
Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portraying domestic life in small-town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race.
She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War with a strong sense of moral justice.
Since the late 20th century, she has received fresh recognition and reappraisal, although her popular work was excluded from most 19th-century literary histories.