Project Gutenberg 2013-06-12 Public domain in the USA. 139 Swan, Annie S. 1859 1943 Burnett-Smith, A. (Annie) Lyall, David Smith, Burnett, Mrs. Smith, Annie S. The Last of Their Race Produced by Al Haines "The Last of Their Race" by Annie S. Swan is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Isla Mackinnon, a strong and caring young woman who must confront the financial ruin threatening her family estate, the Castle of Achree, due to her brother Malcolm’s reckless behavior and debts. As she grapples with the impending arrival of Malcolm and the potential sale of their ancestral home, Isla's strength and resolve are put to the test. At the start of the novel, Isla is introduced as the primary caretaker of her home and family, navigating a landscape filled with ghosts from the past, both literal and metaphorical. She learns about her brother's imminent return from the army following a disgraceful dismissal, compounding the family's troubles. While she must prepare to shield her ailing father from these harsh truths, Isla also considers renting Achree to a wealthy American family to alleviate their financial woes. The opening sets the stage for a powerful exploration of family loyalty, the weight of ancestral legacy, and the struggle for survival against the backdrop of a declining estate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42926/42926-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 731833 731787 2024-09-18T05:53:15.359622 2023-09-18T14:10:42.116481 text/html text/html 734798 2013-06-12T09:26:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 282496 2013-06-12T09:26:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 311381 2024-09-18T05:53:38.086534 application/epub+zip 706262 2024-09-18T05:53:35.819543 application/pdf 706261 2024-09-18T05:53:20.993616 application/pdf 331794 2024-09-18T05:53:24.592568 application/epub+zip 331793 2024-09-18T05:53:17.906634 application/epub+zip 501062 2024-09-18T05:53:43.886002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457889 2024-09-18T05:53:32.548550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 458550 2022-09-19T15:18:32.484094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617501 2024-09-18T05:53:14.578619 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 617740 2013-06-12T09:29:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 231947 2013-06-12T09:29:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 613316 2013-06-12T09:30:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 231372 2013-06-12T09:30:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 613315 2013-06-12T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231335 2013-06-12T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25968 2024-09-18T05:53:44.042970 application/rdf+xml 600392 2024-09-18T05:53:12.731904 2023-09-18T14:10:41.386456 text/x-rst text/x-rst 600392 2013-06-12T09:30:52 text/x-rst 263706 2013-06-12T09:30:52 text/x-rst application/zip 7595 2024-09-18T05:53:22.252587 image/jpeg 1594 2024-09-18T05:53:21.699591 image/jpeg 290953 2024-09-18T05:53:15.417658 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