1877 - 1948 (71 years)
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Name |
Anna Masterton Buchan |
Birth |
24 Mar 1877 |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
24 Nov 1948 |
Bank House, Peebles, Scotland |
Person ID |
I129294 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- An author, she used the name O. Douglas.
Her first novel Olivia in India was published in 1912 by Hodder & Stoughton. A contemporary review describes it as a "happy book" and another commented: "To have read this book is to have met an extremely likeable personality in the author". This was to be the hallmark of all her fiction, gently humorous domestic dramas with little if any reference to political events or social change. Most portray small town or village life in southern Scotland, reflecting her own life.
Unforgettable, Unforgotten (1945) is a memoir of her brother John and of the Buchan family, while Farewell to Priorsford is her autobiography, published posthumously in 1950.
Her work is displayed alongside her brother's at the John Buchan Centre in Broughton.
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