The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story by S. R. Crockett

Description

Ralph Peden, a young man destined for the pulpit, comes to the parish of Dullarg to study his theology and discovers that it keeps losing arguments to a walking distraction: Winsome Charteris, whose lilac sunbonnet and cool independence turn every chance encounter into a comedy of misplaced words. Around them Crockett gathers the full cast of a Galloway village — the minister, the grandmother of decided will, the hens and the harvests — and lets the courtship run its witty, tender course.

The novel was an international sensation on publication, the brightest flower of the kailyard school, and it still carries the freshness of its own country: hills, rain, and the sound of Scots talk at the door.

Why readers still come back to it

• A romantic comedy with real charm, set in living Scottish landscape.
• Dialogue that sparkles between village humour and pastoral lyricism.
• The book that made the kailyard school famous — and on its merits.

About this DodaBooks edition

Prepared for warm, comfortable reading: clear typesetting, a working table of contents, and unhurried chapter flow suited to a country romance. The Galloway hills appear in the file your purchase calls down at once.