By George Douglas
THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS
A STORY remarkable for its power, remarkable for its originality, and remarkable for its success. The unique masterpiece of an unfortunate young author, who died without knowing the unstinted praise his work was to receive. The book portrays with striking realism a phase of Scottish life and character new to most novel-readers. John Gourlay, the chief personage in the drama, inhabitant of the “House With the Green Shutters” and master of the village destinies, looms up as the personification of the brute force that dominates. He stands apart from all characters in fiction. In the broad treatment and the relentless sweep of its tragedy, the book suggests the work of Dumas.
“If a more powerful story than this has been written in recent years we have not seen it. It must take first honors among the novels of the day.”
—Philadelphia Item.
“One of the most powerful books we have seen for a long time, and it marks the advent of a valuable writer.”
—New York Press.
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