{"product_id":"2940014475525","title":"Education \u0026 Teaching: 99 Cent Mary Marston ( description, story, statement, account, announcement, representation, bookish, literary )","description":"Mary Marston or A Daughter's Devotion (as it was later retitled in republication) is a novel by George MacDonald written in 1881 and originally entitled Mary Marston. Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston's unswerving commitment to love God and others is contrasted with a backdrop of an array of characters and a complex and sometimes mysterious plot. It is a story of a woman who loves a man, and teaches him to change. Not out of his love for her, but simply because it was the right thing to do. MacDonald allows the characters a range from delightful to devious. As such, they were intended to serve as models. His message is that all eventually must stand before God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe moment she came to herself, apprehension changed into active dread, rushed into uncontrollable terror. She sprang to her feet, and, the worst thing she could do, fled like the wind after Tom-- now, indeed, she imagined, her only refuge! She knew where he had put up his horse, and knew he could hardly take any other way than the foot-path to Testbridge. He could not be more than a few yards ahead of her, she thought. Presently she heard him whistling, she was sure, as he walked leisurely along, but she could not see him.","brand":"classics reborn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172500586736,"sku":"2940014475525","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014475525_p0.jpg?v=1763609151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014475525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}