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The brutish John Gourlay is a prosperous local merchant, envied and resented by the villagers because of his success, which is symbolised in his prestigious house with green shutters. He dominate and bullies his family, in particular his gifted, sensitive but weak son. Ultimately, his refusal to acknowledge the arrival of the railway and to adapt to the increasing industrialisation of Aryshire precipitates murder, suicide, and his family’s tragic downfall.
Published in 1901 and described by George Douglas Brown as “a brutal and bloody work”, this bestselling classic was a furious response to what Brown called “sentimental slop” — The representation of Scotland as a cozy rural idyll. It is probably semi-autobiographical — Brown was illegitimate and rejected by his father — and the village of Barbie is loosely based on Ochiltree in Aryshire.
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