Alec Forbes of Howglen

A masterful and timeless novel from the renowned Scottish author—the work that established his place in the pantheon of British literature. Released in 1865 as the second of his major Scottish novels, many consider  Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald’s most uniformly cohesive work of fiction. Intensely Scottish in flavor, like its predecessor  David   Elginbrod , the thick Doric dialect of much of the novel was relished by Victorians. Set in MacDonald’s hometown of Huntly, th