"The Shoes of Fortune" by Neil Munro is a story in the late 1800s about a young Scottish man named Paul Greig, who leaves his home after a series of unlucky events, hoping for a fresh start; it blends love, the pain of making mistakes, and finding yourself during a wild journey by land and sea. It all starts when Paul looks back on a small problem—burned scones—that led to big changes when a snowball fight got him kicked him out of school. Returning to his family's home, Hazel Den makes him feel stuck because Paul wrestles with feeling like he's not good enough, especially around Isobel Fortune, who he knew as a kid, and his Uncle Andrew, whose return stirs things up; these early events create many feelings and relationships that push Paul toward adventure as he tries to run from what he thinks is his destiny.
The Shoes of Fortune
By Neil Munro
Expelled from school and restless at home, a young man embarks on a journey filled with love, loss, and the search for his true self.
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About the AuthorNeil Munro was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News, but collections were published as books. A key figure in Scottish literary circles, Munro was a friend of the writers J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham and Joseph Conrad, and the artists Edward A. Hornel, George Houston, Pittendrigh MacGillivray and Robert Macaulay Stevenson. He was an early promoter of the works of both Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
Neil Munro was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, but they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan. They were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News, but collections were published as books. A key figure in Scottish literary circles, Munro was a friend of the writers J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham and Joseph Conrad, and the artists Edward A. Hornel, George Houston, Pittendrigh MacGillivray and Robert Macaulay Stevenson. He was an early promoter of the works of both Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
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