Books with author George Douglas Brown

A tale about John Gourlay, the protagonist who is a big domineering but mentally immature man dominates the local economy. He is harsh and powerful person. On bay he has built the house with the Green Shutters. This house is both, the symbol of his dominance and an object of hatred and envy to the townsfolk. It is a classical Greek tragedy that preordains his fall in status. Appealing!

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Excerpt from The Fireside Tragedy: A PlayPlay. To enjoy thyself, lad? 'tis no more than right ye should - and so, please God, will 1 too. For, with vittles and drink such as be spread i' the next room, 'twould be flying i' the face of a bountiful Providence if any man should do less - Why, man alive only think 0' that noble shorthorn heifer - killed a' purpose that we might enjoy ourselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown (26 January 1869 – 28 August 1902), first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie which is based on his native Ochiltree, it consciously violates the conventions of the sentimental kailyard school, and is sometimes quoted as an influence on the Scottish Renaissance.The novel 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.After the arrival of the railway, Gourlay's position worsens and he begins to invest his hopes and money in his neurotic son, John, who cannot live up to his expectations. His scatterbrained wife and daughter live in terror of his ferocious temper and take refuge in novelettes and daydreaming.

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