George Douglas

Lady Gertrude Georgina Douglas (later Stock) wrote during the later nineteenth century under the name of George Douglas . She used the novel both as a means of earning money and as a vehicle for expressing her Catholic and conservative (anti-women's-rights) position, with greater nuance in some works than others. She has the power of rendering social settings richly and convincingly: the slums inhabited by destitute workers, the prosperous artisans of the London suburbs and farmers of the English countryside, the backward glens of Scotland where various classes stand on a footing of equality. One of her six novels is autobiographical, incorporating a nostalgic picture of the the lost happiness of her childhood. She also published short stories. Her work deserves more interest than it has received.