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Lifetime: 1869 - 1932 Passed: ≈ 92 years ago

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George Douglas Brown

Books by George Douglas Brown

House with the Green Shutters Cover image

House with the Green Shutters

Fiction Drama Novel Tragedy
Pride Realism Tragedy Village Social Class Isolation Conflict Naturalism Rural Life social commentary Scotland Community Gossip Envy Moral Decay Ayrshire Taciturn Scottish Renaissance

The House with the Green Shutters is a powerful and bleak novel set in the fictional Scottish village of Barbie, based on the author's hometown of Ochiltree. The story follows John Gourlay, a proud and taciturn carrier, as he struggles against the pe...