Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 124 Swan, Annie S. 1859 1943 Burnett-Smith, A. (Annie) Lyall, David Smith, Burnett, Mrs. Smith, Annie S. The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) "The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow" by Annie S. Swan is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story introduces us to Gladys Graham, a young girl who is suddenly orphaned and must confront the harsh realities of life without her father, an unsuccessful artist, in the bleak environment of a small Lincolnshire village. With no prospects or support, she finds herself at the mercy of her uncle, Abel Graham, a miserly man who brings her to Glasgow, where she is thrust into an unfamiliar and challenging world. At the start of the novel, we witness Gladys in her father's modest studio, grappling with her grief and uncertainty about her future. After the death of her father, her uncle arrives, and Gladys, realizing that she has no choice but to go with him to Scotland, prepares for this new chapter in her life. The opening chapters depict her somber transition from a life of an artist's child to living with a distant uncle in Glasgow, where the atmosphere is heavy with poverty and desperation. As she navigates this new, unfamiliar world filled with struggle and hardship, readers are introduced to Walter Hepburn, the boy who works for her uncle and becomes a source of companionship for her. The poignant depiction of her struggles and the unlikely friendships that arise set the tone for a narrative that deeply explores themes of resilience, familial bonds, and social hardship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 671700 671537 2024-09-07T13:59:16.091394 2023-09-08T05:51:10.403378 text/html text/html 677050 2006-01-01T14:42:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 827138 2020-12-13T13:02:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 923951 2024-09-07T13:59:27.257291 application/epub+zip 934686 2024-09-07T13:59:18.478352 application/epub+zip 337429 2024-09-07T13:59:17.137363 application/epub+zip 1246132 2024-09-07T13:59:34.155273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179904 2024-09-07T13:59:26.061369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539427 2022-09-08T11:07:37.977567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606440 606317 2024-09-07T13:59:14.092372 2023-09-08T05:51:08.563383 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 606063 2020-12-13T13:02:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229564 2020-12-13T13:02:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 606071 2020-12-13T13:02:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229531 2020-12-13T13:02:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20392 2024-09-07T13:59:34.305267 application/rdf+xml 18904 2024-09-07T13:59:17.528394 image/jpeg 4152 2024-09-07T13:59:17.333360 image/jpeg 899569 2024-09-07T13:59:16.205411 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