Mary Marston serves behind the counter of her father’s old-fashioned shop in a country town, where pride and class divide the customers. Her steady goodness is tested when she befriends Letty, the young cousin of the proud Godfrey Wardour at Thornwick, who is loved by Godfrey but drawn to the charming, unreliable Tom Helmer, and as her own life is shaken by loss.
One of MacDonald’s richest realistic novels, for readers who value moral depth in Victorian fiction. Download the free EPUB.