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Forrest House

Mary Jane Holmes

The story revolves around J. Everard Forrest, a young man caught between his relationships with two women: Josephine Fleming, a beautiful yet seemingly superficial girl, and Rosamond Hastings, a kind and selfless figure from his past.

"Forrest House: A Novel" by Mary Jane Holmes is a fictional work. The story revolves around J. Everard Forrest, a young man caught between his relationships with two women: Josephine Fleming, a beautiful yet seemingly superficial girl, and Rosamond Hastings, a kind and selfless figure from his past.

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The first, a small half-sheet, inclosed in a large thick envelope, and addressed in a childish, unformed hand to Mr. James Everard Forrest, Junior, Ellicottville, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with a request in the lower left-hand corner for the postmaster to forward immediately; the second, a dainty little perfumed missive, with a fanciful monogram, directed in a plain round hand to J. Everard Forrest, Esq., Ellicottville, Mass., with the words “in haste” written in the corner. Both letters were in a hurry, and both found their way together to a brown-haired, brown-eyed, brown-faced young man, who sat under the shadow of the big maple tree on the Common in Ellicottville, lazily puffing his cigar and fanning himself with his Panama hat, for the thermometer was ninety in the shade, and the hour 10 A. M. of a sultry July day. At first it was almost too much exertion to break the seals, and for a moment J. Everard Forrest, Jr., toyed with the smaller envelope of the two, and studied the handwriting.

“I may as well see what Josey wants of me in haste,” he said at last, and breaking the seal, he read:

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Two Letters.
  2. 02Chapter II. Dr. Matthewson.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Mock Marriage.
  4. 04Chapter IV. The Forrest House.
  5. 05Chapter V. Beatrice Belknap.
  6. 06Chapter VI. Mother and Son.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Josephine.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Everard.
  9. 09Chapter IX the Result.
  10. 10Chapter X. Husband and Wife.
  11. 11Chapter XI. After Two Years.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Commencement
  13. 13Chapter XIII. The Reception.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Two Months.
  15. 15Chapter XV. The House of Cards Begins to Fall.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. The House of Cards Goes Down.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Next Day.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. The Shadow of Death.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. The Judge’s Will.
  20. 20Chapter XX. The Heiress.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. A Midnight Ride.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. The New Life at Rothsay.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. Bee’s Family.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. In the Summer.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. Mrs. Fleming’s Boarders.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Josephine’s Confidence.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. Events of One Year at the Forrest House.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Something Does Happen.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. Mrs. J. E. Forrest.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. How Rossie Bore the News.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. Mrs. Forrest’s Policy.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. What the People Said and Did.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. Everard Faces It.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. Everard and Rossie.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. Mr. And Mrs. J. E. Forrest.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. Rosamond’s Decision.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII. Matters Are Adjusted.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII. “Waiting and Watching for Me.”
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX. How the Tide Ebbed and Flowed in Rothsay.
  40. 40Chapter XL. Dr. Matthewson’s Game.
  41. 41Chapter XLI. How the Game Was Played.
  42. 42Chapter XLII. Alas, Poor Rossie!
  43. 43Chapter XLIII. The Letters.
  44. 44Chapter XLIV. The New Heir.
  45. 45Chapter XLV. The New Reign at the Forrest House.
  46. 46Chapter XLVI. The Letter from Austria.
  47. 47Chapter XLVII. Agnes Finds the Letter.
  48. 48Chapter XLVIII. La Maison De Sante.
  49. 49Chapter XLIX. The Escape.
  50. 50Chapter L. Going Home.
  51. 51Chapter LI. Breaking the News at the Forrest House.
  52. 52Chapter LII. Breaking the News to Everard.
  53. 53Chapter LIII. The Arrest.
  54. 54Chapter LIV. Telling the Truth to Rossie.
  55. 55Chapter LV. Conclusion.

About this edition

Author
Mary Jane Holmes
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
415 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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