Story summary

マーシア・スカイラーのあらすじ

著者：グレース・リヴィングストン・ヒル

読了8分
10 parts
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A girl buys pink chintz with blackberry money and, two days later, stands at the altar in her sister's veil.

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マーシア・スカイラーの概要

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所要時間: 109,300語
ライブラリ内の難易度: 標準 longer sentences, everyday words
初版刊行年: 1908by グレース・リヴィングストン・ヒル

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マーシア・スカイラー in short

Marcia Schuyler follows a girl who buys a dress with berry money and soon stands in her sister's wedding veil. Kate runs off with a naval captain, David Spafford is left without a bride, and Marcia, seventeen and shy, steps into the empty place. Through aunts, rivals, a smooth deceiver, and a quick-witted neighbor named Miranda, the young wife learns who she is.

What マーシア・スカイラー is about

What would you do if your sister vanished on her wedding morning, with the guests already driving up the lane? Marcia Schuyler, barely seventeen, has to answer before the breakfast is cold. Her stern father offers her to the jilted bridegroom, and she says yes.

Grace Livingston Hill, an American novelist known for warm, faith-minded romance, wrote this novel of a village marriage that begins as a rescue. It all begins with a pink-sprigged chintz dress bought with blackberry money.

対象読者. Readers who love old-fashioned romance, warm family drama, village life in early America, and stories of quiet courage will find a home here. It also suits anyone curious about the first steam railroads.

The story in 10 parts

Key idea 1 · free to read
A girl picks berries for a dress
Marcia Schuyler is seventeen, and her house is busy with someone else's happiness. Her sister Kate is about to marry, and every bed and chair holds linen, silk, and lace for the bride. Marcia helped sew it all, yet her own brown dress has no hem left to let down. She decides she wants one new thing that belongs to her.
Early in the morning, Marcia leaves the kitchen and crosses the meadows to pick berries on Blackberry Hill. Every berry becomes a pink sprig in her mind, for she has her eye on a pink and white chintz in the village store. She sells the berries and buys the cloth with her own earnings.
In one day she sews the dress, and she makes the skirt a little longer than usual. The next evening she pins up her braids and walks downstairs. Everyone stares, because the child has become a young woman. A small act of independence can open a door you never knew was there.
2
A kiss at the gate reaches the wrong girl
That evening Kate slips out with Captain Leavenworth, a handsome naval officer her father once sent away.
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The bride vanishes and leaves two notes
The wedding is set for ten o'clock, and the house is awake by half past four.
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Marcia steps into her sister's empty place
The Squire, wishing to spare David, turns to his younger daughter.
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The new wife faces a silent house and aunts
The wedding coach rolls past the field where Hanford Weston is plowing.
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6
A charming stranger sends Marcia running to the woods
Harry Temple is a handsome man from New York who does very little.
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A steam railroad draws husband and wife together
On the evening of Marcia's flight into the woods, two guests arrive for supper.
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Kate schemes while Miranda stands guard
Kate's marriage is going badly.
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Sacrifice and duty can grow into love
Sacrifice is the first theme, and it begins with a girl's yes.
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The story is told with a warm, watchful voice
Grace Livingston Hill tells the story from outside, moving easily between minds.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

Marcia Schuyler A shy, truthful seventeen-year-old who agrees to marry her sister's jilted bridegroom, and who hopes to make a real home out of sorrow.
David Spafford A serious young newspaper man who believes in the coming railroad and is trying to mend a broken heart with honor.
Kate Schuyler Marcia's beautiful, willful older sister, who craves admiration and always expects to be forgiven.
Squire Schuyler The proud, stern father of the sisters, who prizes honor above all and keeps up with the news of the day.
Miranda Griscom A red-haired, freckled neighbor of quick wit and fierce loyalty who adores Marcia and guards her secrets.
Hannah Heath A fair, stately rival who once hoped to marry David and cannot forgive the girl who took the place.
Harry Temple A handsome, idle flatterer from New York who treats every woman as a game and resents being refused.
Aunt Clarinda The gentle, lame youngest of David's three aunts, who gives Marcia loving friendship in a stern household.

How it ends (spoiler)

David and Marcia find that the marriage begun in sorrow has turned into love. After the first steam train starts near Albany, David asks her forgiveness for accepting her sacrifice, then tells her he loves her, and she answers that she has loved him all along. Kate's last attempt to win him back in public fails, because he has chosen. They ride on toward Albany together, happy and sure of each other.

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『マーシア・スカイラー』についての質問

What is Marcia Schuyler about?

It tells of a seventeen-year-old girl who takes her runaway sister's place as the bride of a man left at the altar, then builds a real life with him amid sharp aunts, a jealous rival, and a dangerous flirt.

Who is Miranda in Marcia Schuyler?

Miranda Griscom is the red-haired, freckled neighbor who lives with her grandmother next door. She is clever, brave, and devoted to Marcia, and she keeps watch over her when danger comes.

Is Marcia Schuyler a true story?

It is a novel by Grace Livingston Hill, set in New York in the early days of steam railroads. Its people are invented, but the setting includes real touches such as the Mohawk and Hudson line and its engineer.

Is Marcia Schuyler easy to read?

The language is plain and warm, the chapters are short, and the dialogue is lively. A clear heroine, sharp humor, and everyday village scenes make it simple to follow from the first page.

What is the main message of Marcia Schuyler?

The book suggests that sacrifice and duty, taken up with courage and honesty, can lead to a deeper kind of love than beauty or charm. Kindness and steady character matter most.

この版を引用します

Hill, Grace Livingston. Marcia Schuyler. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/marcia-schuyler.

Hill, G. L. (2026). Marcia Schuyler. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/marcia-schuyler (Original work published 1908)

Hill, Grace Livingston. Marcia Schuyler. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/marcia-schuyler.

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  author = {Hill, Grace Livingston},
  title = {Marcia Schuyler},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/marcia-schuyler},
  note = {First published 1908}
}