Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 146 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.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 671783 2025-07-07T11:20:23.680353 text/html 677050 2006-01-01T14:42:30 text/html 947922 2025-07-07T11:20:35.849865 application/epub+zip 958432 2025-07-07T11:20:27.656875 application/epub+zip 338461 2025-07-07T11:20:26.094851 application/epub+zip 1277226 2025-07-07T11:20:42.077745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1211792 2025-07-07T11:20:34.571787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 539427 2022-09-08T11:07:37.977567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606440 2025-07-07T11:20:21.964377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 606063 2020-12-13T13:02:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 606071 2020-12-13T13:02:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21398 2025-07-07T11:20:42.228755 application/rdf+xml 18874 2025-07-07T11:20:26.619862 image/jpeg 4152 2025-07-07T11:20:26.356839 image/jpeg 229564 2020-12-13T13:02:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 827138 2020-12-13T13:02:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 229531 2020-12-13T13:02:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 921852 2025-07-07T11:20:23.792881 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia