The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

The Woman Thou Gavest Me is a novel written by Hall Caine, which tells the story of Mary O'Neill, a young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love. The book is set in the late 19th century and explores themes of love, marriage, and social class.Mary is a beautiful and intelligent young woman who lives in poverty with her mother and younger brother. She dreams of a better life and hopes to marry for love, but her mother urges her to marry a wealthy man named James Brooke, who is infatuated with her.Despite her reservations, Mary agrees to the marriage and moves to London with James. However, she soon discovers that he is a cruel and abusive husband who cares only for his own pleasure. Mary is trapped in a loveless marriage and feels increasingly isolated and alone.As the years pass, Mary becomes involved with another man, a painter named David Rossi, who she falls deeply in love with. However, their relationship is complicated by James' jealousy and possessiveness, and Mary is torn between her love for David and her duty to her husband.The Woman Thou Gavest Me is a powerful and emotional novel that explores the complex relationships between men and women, and the struggle for love and freedom in a society that values wealth and social status above all else.1913. The book begins: Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths, begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story. I was an unwanted child-unwanted as a girl at all events. Father Dan Donovan, our parish priest, told me all about it. I was born in October. It had been raining heavily all day long. The rain was beating hard against the front of our house and running in rivers down the windowpanes. Towards four in the afternoon the wind rose and then the yellow leaves of the chestnuts in the long drive rustled noisily, and the sea, which is a mile away, moaned like a dog in pain. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.