George Douglas Brown
List of Scottish novelists, Literary realism, The House with the Green Shutters
Herausgegeben: Yoan, Niek
Versandkostenfrei!
Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen
19,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
PAYBACK Punkte
10 °P sammeln!
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Douglas Brown was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters, which was published the year before his death at the age of 33. Brown was the illegitimate son of a farmer and a woman of Irish descent. He went to school at Ochiltree, Coylton, and Ayr, his academic performance allowing him to study Classics at the University of Glasgow and at Balliol College, Oxford. However his studies were interrupte...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Douglas Brown was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters, which was published the year before his death at the age of 33. Brown was the illegitimate son of a farmer and a woman of Irish descent. He went to school at Ochiltree, Coylton, and Ayr, his academic performance allowing him to study Classics at the University of Glasgow and at Balliol College, Oxford. However his studies were interrupted by the illness of his mother; he returned to Ayrshire to nurse her, but she died, and in 1895 he barely passed his final examinations. He travelled to London and worked as a journalist, contributing articles and stories to Blackwood's Magazine, as well as a part-time editor and reader for publishing houses. At one point he was a staff writer for Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture. In 1899 he published Love and a Sword under the pseudonym Kennedy King, the same pseudonym he used for his articles
Andere Kunden interessierten sich für
