This book is a collection of humorous Scottish short stories and anecdotes that delve into the lives and characters of ordinary people living in the country's industrial heartlands. The author draws on personal experience to depict the lives of factory workers and their families at the end of the 19th century. Expanding on this portrayal, the book explores issues of class, poverty, and industrialisation in a rapidly changing society. This is a light-hearted, nostalgic, and socially conscious book, celebrating the resilience of the human spirit and recording traditional Scottish life in a time of great change.
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Excerpt from Scotch Readings: Humorous and Amusing
Compositions of the kind, in order to fulfil the ends that are really desired, whether they be for the platform, or intended for the more humble gathering at the social fireside, must necessarily abound in humour and character.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a collection of humorous Scottish short stories and anecdotes that delve into the lives and characters of ordinary people living in the country's industrial heartlands. The author draws on personal experience to depict the lives of factory workers and their families at the end of the 19th century. Expanding on this portrayal, the book explores issues of class, poverty, and industrialisation in a rapidly changing society. This is a light-hearted, nostalgic, and socially conscious book, celebrating the resilience of the human spirit and recording traditional Scottish life in a time of great change. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781333695033_0
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