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Alan Ramsay : The Gentle Shepherd

'Susan Sibbald knew Scottish shepherd Wully Carruthers who was a fellow-subscriber to the circulating library at Melrose, but while she borrowed Ann Radcliffe, he read "Ancient and Modern History", though he did sometimes read a "novel or nonsense buke", like "Sir Charles Grandison". He had also read Alan Ramsay's "The Gentle Shepherd", and contrasted it ironically with the life of a real shepherd.

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Wully Carruthers      Print: Book

 

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