Penny Plain
1920
Published in 1920, 'Penny Plain' by O. Douglas is a novel set in early 20th century Scotland that follows Jean Jardine, a young woman caring for her two younger brothers, David and Jock, while navigating the challenges of family life. The story unfolds in the small town of Priorsford, highlighting the dynamics of community, love, and financial struggles. When a mysterious stranger arrives, Jean's life takes unexpected turns, blending elements of romance and family drama with a touch of social satire. The novel offers a poignant exploration of everyday life and the bonds that hold families together in difficult times.
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“You know the people," said Pamela, "who say, 'Of course I love reading, but I've no time, alas!' as if everyone who loves reading doesn't make time.””
— O. Douglas
“But sometimes it feels as if we comfortable people are walking on a flowery meadow that is really a great quaking morass, and underneath there is black slime full of unimagined horrors. A photograph in the newspaper makes a crack and you see down. The War made a tremendous crack. It seemed then as if we were all to be drawn into the slime, as if cruelty had got its fangs into the heart of the world.””
— O. Douglas
“I have thought of writing and trying to give a truthful picture of Scottish life - a cross between and - but it would probably be reviewed as a 'feebly written story of life in a Scots provincial town' and then I would beat my pen into a hatpin and retreat from the literary arena.””
— O. Douglas
“It's like something in a fairy-tale," she complained to Pamela. "You are given a fairy palace, but when you try to go to it mountains of glass are set before you and you can't reach it””
— O. Douglas
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