Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 78 Harland, Marion 1830 1922 Terhune, Mary Virginia Hawes Hawes, Mary Virginia Terhune, Edward Payson, Mrs. At Last: A Novel Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "At Last: A Novel" by Marion Harland is a fiction piece set in the late 19th century, delving into themes of love, societal expectations, and familial duties against a backdrop of Southern gentry. The story centers around Mrs. Rachel Sutton, a well-meaning matchmaker who orchestrates romantic engagements among the eligible young people within her social circle. The narrative unfolds through her efforts to secure successful unions for her niece, Mabel Aylett, and surrounding characters, as well as her reflections on her own past and beliefs regarding marriage. The opening of the novel introduces Mrs. Sutton as a dedicated matchmaker, proud of her successes and firmly attached to her views on relationships. As the narrative progresses, we see her facilitating romantic encounters while navigating various dynamics among the characters, including her niece Mabel's budding romance with Frederic Chilton, and the contrasting attitudes of other characters like Rosa Tazewell, a flirtatious young woman expressing disdain for traditional roles. This section sets a lively pace filled with humor and societal commentary, hinting at conflicts and challenges that will arise as relationships evolve amidst the pressures of propriety and personal desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 568016 568017 2024-10-03T05:59:55.108687 2023-10-03T06:01:25.808640 text/html text/html 584501 2021-02-26T01:02:35 text/html; charset=utf-8 210221 2021-02-26T01:02:39 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 282337 2024-10-03T06:00:03.213604 application/epub+zip 291910 2024-10-03T05:59:57.207660 application/epub+zip 291910 2024-10-03T05:59:55.930645 application/epub+zip 510653 2024-10-03T06:00:08.433612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480762 2024-10-03T06:00:02.283633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403274 2022-09-03T08:09:34.805500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491410 491280 2024-10-03T05:59:54.214643 2023-10-03T06:01:25.089612 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 496113 2018-03-15T12:52:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 200439 2018-03-15T12:52:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 491153 2013-06-16T13:09:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 199728 2013-06-16T13:09:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491144 2013-06-16T13:09:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 199703 2013-06-16T13:09:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23168 2024-10-03T06:00:08.648584 application/rdf+xml 14792 2024-10-03T05:59:56.476632 image/jpeg 3886 2024-10-03T05:59:56.207629 image/jpeg 275546 2024-10-03T05:59:55.167651 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