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Mary Marston

George MacDonald

It is set in an old country town and revolves around the life experiences of Mary Marston, the main character, who navigates social class distinctions, personal convictions, and romantic dynamics within her community.

"Mary Marston" by George MacDonald is a novel. It is set in an old country town and revolves around the life experiences of Mary Marston, the main character, who navigates social class distinctions, personal convictions, and romantic dynamics within her community.

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It was an evening early in May. The sun was low, and the street was mottled with the shadows of its paving-stones—smooth enough, but far from evenly set. The sky was clear, except for a few clouds in the west, hardly visible in the dazzle of the huge light, which lay among them like a liquid that had broken its vessel, and was pouring over the fragments. The street was almost empty, and the air was chill. The spring was busy, and the summer was at hand; but the wind was blowing from the north.

The street was not a common one; there was interest, that is feature, in the shadowy front of almost each of its old houses. Not a few of them wore, indeed, something like a human expression, the look of having both known and suffered. From many a porch, and many a latticed oriel, a long shadow stretched eastward, like a death flag streaming in a wind unfelt of the body—or a fluttering leaf, ready to yield, and flit away, and add one more to the mound of blackness gathering on the horizon's edge. It was the main street of an old country town, dwindled by the rise of larger and more prosperous places, but holding and exercising a charm none of them would ever gain.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I the Shop
  2. 02Chapter II. Customers.
  3. 03Chapter III. The Arbor at Thornwick.
  4. 04Chapter IV. Godfrey Wardour.
  5. 05Chapter V. Godfrey and Letty.
  6. 06Chapter VI. Tom Helmer.
  7. 07Chapter VII. Durnmelling.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. The Oak.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Confusion.
  10. 10Chapter X. The Heath and the Hut.
  11. 11Chapter XI William Marston.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Mary's Dream.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. The Human Sacrifice.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. Ungenerous Benevolence.
  15. 15Chapter XV. The Moonlight.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. The Morning.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Result.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. Mary and Godfrey.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. Mary in the Shop.
  20. 20Chapter XX. The Wedding-Dress.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. Mr. Redmain.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. Mrs. Redmain.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. The Menial.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. Mrs. Redmain's Drawing-Room.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. Mary's Reception.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. Her Position.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. Mr. And Mrs. Helmer
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Mary and Letty.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. The Evening Star.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. A Scolding.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI. Sepia.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII. Honor.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII. The Invitation.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV. A Stray Sound.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV. The Musician.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI. A Change.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII. Lydgate Steet.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII. Godfrey and Letty.
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX. Relief.
  40. 40Chapter XL. Godfrey and Sepia.
  41. 41Chapter XLI. The Helper.
  42. 42Chapter XLII. The Leper.
  43. 43Chapter XLIII. Mary and Mr. Redmain.
  44. 44Chapter XLIV. Joseph Jasper.
  45. 45Chapter XLV. The Sapphire.
  46. 46Chapter XLVI. Reparation.
  47. 47Chapter XLVII. Another Change.
  48. 48Chapter XLVIII. Dissolution.
  49. 49Chapter XLIX. Thornwick.
  50. 50Chapter L. William and Mary Marston.
  51. 51Chapter LI. A Hard Task.
  52. 52Chapter LII. A Summons.
  53. 53Chapter LIII. A Friend in Need.
  54. 54Chapter LIV. The Next Night.
  55. 55Chapter LV. Disappearance.
  56. 56Chapter LVI. A Catastrophe.
  57. 57Chapter LVII. The End of the Beginning.

About this edition

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

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