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O. Douglas


Born
in Pathhead, Midlothian, Scotland
March 24, 1877

Died
November 24, 1948

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences
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Born Anna Masterton Buchan, younger sister to the statesman & prolific novelist John Buchan. She began writing in 1911, and published 12 novels and a personal memoir of her brother before her death. Her novels are humorous domestic fiction, focusing on the lives of families in Scotland. Her autobiography was published posthumously, in 1960.
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Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.15 · 2,748 ratings · 350 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
The Proper Place
4.30 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1926 — 15 editions
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The Day of Small Things
4.23 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1930 — 17 editions
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Penny Plain
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4.09 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1920 — 87 editions
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The House That is Our Own
4.22 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1940 — 19 editions
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Jane's Parlour
4.25 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1937 — 20 editions
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Pink Sugar
3.94 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1924 — 34 editions
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Taken by the Hand: Scottish...
4.33 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1935 — 17 editions
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Eliza for Common
4.22 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1928 — 20 editions
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Priorsford: Scottish Histor...
4.21 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1932 — 35 editions
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The Setons
4.08 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1917 — 20 editions
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Series by O. Douglas

The Proper Place The Day of Small Things Jane's Parlour
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Penny Plain Pink Sugar Priorsford: Scottish Histor...
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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, Penny Plain
tags: reading
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“Probably what you write will be much pleasanter to read than the outpourings of a facile pen.”
― O. Douglas, The Proper Place
tags: for-gr-reviewers
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“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, Penny Plain
tags: aspirations, dreams, fairy-tale
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