Taken by the Hand: Scottish Novel
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
O. Douglas Books
Anna Masterton Buchan, younger sister to the statesman and prolific novelist John Buchan, crafted humorous domestic fiction that centers on the lives of Scottish families. Her works offer a warm perspective on their daily joys and challenges, characterized by a distinctive style that resonated with readers through its gentle humor and insight into human nature. Beginning her writing career in 1911, she published twelve novels and a personal memoir of her brother, further cementing her literary legacy.
Olivia in India
- 250 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Penny Plain
- 284 pages
- 10 hours of reading
The House That is Our Own: Scottish Novel
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This book is a sequel to an earlier novel, The Proper Place, concerning an aristocratic Scottish family, the Rutherfurds, forced by circumstances to sell the family estate. Lady Jane has lost both of her sons in the recent Great War; the subsequent death of her husband and unexpected financial hardship prompts her one remaining child, a daughter, Nicole, to suggest their removal to a smaller establishment more within their new means. Accompanying them is Lady Jane's niece, Barbara, but she has married and is back at Rutherfurd Hall at the opening of Small Things, leaving Lady Jane and Nicole in their new home, Harbour House, close by the sea's edge in the fictional east coast town of Kirkmeikle.
