George Douglas Brown, Author of the House With the Green Shutters

George Douglas Brown, Author of the House With the Green Shutters

Author: Cuthbert Lennox

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-23

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780484499521

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Excerpt from George Douglas Brown, Author of the House With the Green Shutters: A Biographical Memoir Recent literary chronicle has been the interest manifested by the reading public in regard to the personality of the late George Douglas Brown, ever since his untimely death in August last. Little was generally known of the antecedents of the young Scottish novelist who, but a few months before, had taken the literary world by surprise with the publication of his distinctly epoch-making novel; and there was no reason to expect that his death would arouse any wide desire for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The House with the Green Shutters

The House with the Green Shutters

Author: George Douglas Brown

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie the novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901) describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie (the "bodies"). The sudden return after fifteen years' absence of the ambitious merchant, James Wilson, son of a mole-catcher, leads to commercial competition against which Gourlay has trouble responding.


George Douglas Brown, Author of the House with the Green Shutters

George Douglas Brown, Author of the House with the Green Shutters

Author: Cuthbert Lennox

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-03-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781293884706

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