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 Project Gutenberg 2008-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 56 Beeckman, Ross The Last Woman Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Hélène de Mink, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Last Woman" by Ross Beeckman is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on Patricia Langdon, a strong-willed and intelligent young woman caught in a complex situation involving her father's financial troubles and her relationship with Roderick Duncan, who is presented as a potential suitor. The narrative explores themes of pride, familial loyalty, and the societal pressures surrounding marriage and financial stability. At the start of the novel, we meet Patricia and her father, Stephen Langdon, in a tense conversation about his looming financial crisis. Patricia is initially unaware of the full extent of her father's predicament, but when he suggests that Roderick, who has long expressed interest in marrying her, might offer financial assistance, the situation complicates. Patricia feels violated by the idea of being used as collateral in her father's business dealings, and she confronts both him and Roderick about their manipulations. This confrontation sets the stage for a struggle over independence and agency as Patricia asserts her terms for any engagement, insisting on a sum of money in her own name as part of the agreement, indicative of her fiery spirit and determination. The opening thus lays the groundwork for a tale rich with emotional conflict and societal commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 400160 400027 2024-10-10T15:08:43.628526 2023-09-11T06:50:05.002352 text/html text/html 402165 2008-03-24T15:05:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 235565 2021-01-03T10:44:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 243094 2024-10-10T15:08:48.488472 application/epub+zip 248898 2024-10-10T15:08:44.234502 application/epub+zip 194480 2024-10-10T15:08:43.919514 application/epub+zip 365908 2024-10-10T15:08:52.020539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350144 2024-10-10T15:08:48.151563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296232 2022-09-11T12:37:20.895791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385166 385069 2024-10-10T15:08:42.958531 2023-09-11T06:50:04.417291 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 384921 2021-01-03T10:44:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141107 2021-01-03T10:44:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384929 2021-01-03T10:44:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141085 2021-01-03T10:44:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20762 2024-10-10T15:08:52.158459 application/rdf+xml 16507 2024-10-10T15:08:44.004494 image/jpeg 2887 2024-10-10T15:08:43.960507 image/jpeg 234949 2024-10-10T15:08:43.673563 application/octet-stream application/zip