The Kailyard Collection: Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, The Stickit Minister, Robert Urquhart
Nov 2014 · Scottish Lost Treasures Book 25 · Palimpsest Book Production Limited
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A Scottish lost treasures collection of three classic 'Kailyard' novels, each offering a superbly plotted and descriptive narrative. Bundled by subject matter rather than author, the books create a compelling trilogy. "Palimpsest's eClassics series, Scottish Lost Treasures, shows us how much poorer Britain's cultural heritage would be without Scottish writers ... The best example I've seen of how curation and presentation can bring old books to new audiences" - The Observer "This strikes me as a fantastic venture, and one I hope will expand further" - Professor Willy Maley, University of Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday
About the author
Ian Maclaren (1850-1907) was the pseudonym of the Reverend John Watson, a Church of Scotland minister. Though born in Essex, he served as a minister in rural Perthshire, Glasgow and Liverpool. His 'romantic' stories of Scottish rural life in the 'Kailyard' style were hugely popular. Maclaren travelled to America and died there in 1907.
S. R. Crockett (1859-1914) was a Scottish novelist born in Kirkcudbrightshire who became a minister of the Free Church in 1886, the year of his first publication, but gave up the ministry in 1895 to write full-time. The KailyardHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailyard_school" HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailyard_school"school of writing resonated with Crockett and he penned a series of popular novels featuring the history of Scotland and his native Galloway. He died in France in 1914 before the outbreak of the First World War.
Gabriel Setoun (1861-1930) was the pseudonym of Thomas Nicoll Hepburn. He was born in Fife, and was for the most part better known as a poet. He was also the author of several novels written in the 'Kailyard' style, and a biography of Robert Burns. Hepburn died in London in 1930.
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