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title: 'The Holcombes: A Story of Virginia Home-Life'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Mary Tucker Magill'
date: 1871-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Children and Youth'
scriptures:
- 'Jeremiah 31'
- 'Psalms 23'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/magill-1871-the-holcombes-a-story-of-virginia-home-life
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# The Holcombes: A Story of Virginia Home-Life

An 1871 Virginia novel depicting antebellum home life. It follows Margaret Holcombe's coming-of-age, her mourning for her mother, and household upheaval when her father remarries.

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