Project Gutenberg 2004-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 52 Barr, Amelia E. 1831 1919 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston Scottish sketches Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Crawford's sair strait -- James Blackie's revenge -- Facing his enemy -- Andrew Cargill's confession -- One wrong step -- Lile Davie. Etext produced by Ted Garvin, Amy and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Scottish Sketches" by Amelia E. Barr is a collection of short stories likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative is set in Scotland, focusing on the lives and struggles of various characters connected to the Crawford family, particularly the laird Alexander Crawford and his son, Colin, as they navigate personal and social challenges amidst the backdrop of Scottish culture and identity. The opening portion introduces Alexander Crawford, who is reflecting on his wealth and the legacy of his family while preparing for the return of his son, Colin, from Glasgow. As the story unfolds, we see Crawford's pride in his estate and his fervent nationalism, as well as his concerns about Colin's potential association with an English visitor. This sets the stage for a generational conflict and themes of duty versus personal desire, as Colin harbors aspirations and ideals that may clash with his father's expectations. The opening establishes both the tension within the family and the societal changes encroaching upon their traditional way of life, hinting at deeper explorations of character dynamics and cultural identity throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Scotland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 434822 434823 2024-11-06T13:13:30.619919 2023-09-07T03:53:13.766765 text/html text/html 439801 2021-01-26T09:01:37 text/html; charset=utf-8 152902 2021-01-26T09:01:37 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 221579 2024-11-06T13:13:38.374868 application/epub+zip 229366 2024-11-06T13:13:32.837927 application/epub+zip 229365 2024-11-06T13:13:31.491904 application/epub+zip 425145 2024-11-06T13:13:42.657898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391067 2024-11-06T13:13:37.501925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362955 2022-09-07T16:46:43.783541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371121 370994 2024-11-06T13:13:29.684974 2023-09-07T03:53:13.007764 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370815 2020-12-19T00:47:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145861 2020-12-19T00:47:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 370810 2020-12-19T00:47:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145808 2020-12-19T00:47:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22017 2024-11-06T13:13:42.795057 application/rdf+xml 13774 2024-11-06T13:13:32.046903 image/jpeg 3567 2024-11-06T13:13:31.764932 image/jpeg 215516 2024-11-06T13:13:30.656952 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia