Mary Marston

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  • A
  • novel
  • of
  • one
  • woman
  • who
  • transcends
  • society’s
  • concerns
  • to
  • stay
  • true
  • to
  • her
  • convictions—from
  • the
  • Victorian-era
  • author
  • of
  • Malcolm.One
  • of
  • MacDonald’s
  • lengthy
  • and
  • powerful,
  • but
  • not
  • widely
  • studied,
  • novels,
  • Mary
  • Marston
  • is
  • the
  • only
  • book
  • in
  • the
  • MacDonald
  • corpus
  • with
  • a
  • woman
  • featured
  • in
  • the
  • title
  • role.
  • As
  • one
  • of
  • MacDonald’s
  • many
  • strong
  • and
  • memorable
  • leading
  • ladies,
  • Mary
  • exemplifies
  • a
  • life
  • of
  • dedication
  • to
  • Christ,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • and
  • obedience
  • to
  • parents.
  • We
  • encounter
  • here
  • a
  • touching
  • portrayal
  • of
  • that
  • earthly
  • relationship
  • so
  • dear
  • to
  • MacDonald’s
  • heart,
  • because
  • it
  • so
  • embodied
  • man’s
  • relationship
  • with
  • God—the
  • relationship
  • between
  • fathers
  • and
  • their
  • sons
  • and
  • daughters.
  • Of
  • the
  • diverse
  • range
  • of
  • characters
  • found
  • within
  • the
  • pages
  • of
  • this
  • novel,
  • Michael
  • Phillips
  • writes,
  • “Taken
  • together,
  • their
  • individual
  • lives
  • make
  • fascinating
  • reading.
  • They
  • are
  • so
  • diverse,
  • sometimes
  • so
  • petty
  • and
  • foolish,
  • their
  • intertwining
  • relationships
  • so
  • humorous
  • at
  • times
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • we
  • observe
  • human
  • growth
  • at
  • work
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • always
  • progressing
  • in
  • one
  • direction
  • or
  • the
  • other—sometimes
  • straight,
  • sometimes
  • crooked.
  • It
  • is
  • a
  • complex
  • character
  • mix
  • in
  • many
  • shades
  • of
  • gray
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • containing
  • complicated
  • character
  • flaws
  • without
  • easy
  • resolutions.
  • I
  • find
  • it
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • real
  • array
  • of
  • characters
  • in
  • the
  • MacDonald corpus.”
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