George Douglas Brown's novel, 'The House with the Green Shutters,' is a stark portrayal of small-town Scottish life in the late 19th century. The book delves into themes of social class, ambition, and...

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...

George Douglas Brown's novel, 'The House with the Green Shutters,' is a stark portrayal of the harsh realities of rural Scottish life in the late 19th century. The book delves into the themes of ambition,...

Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901), which was published the year before his death at the age of 33. Brown was the illegitimate...

George Douglas Brown's novel, The House with the Green Shutters, is a powerful exploration of the harsh realities of life in a small Scottish village at the turn of the 20th century. The book exposes...

George Douglas Brown's 'The House with the Green Shutters' is a seminal work of Scottish literature, first published in 1901. The novel is a stark portrayal of the harsh realities of small-town life in...

This novel was first published by Faber in August 1940 under the title, The Loss of Eden. It was then reissued by the British Publishers Guild (a wartime cooperative venture), in March 1941, with the...