The Gown of Glory

The Gown of Glory

First edition
Author	Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	March 13, 1952[1]
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	403
OCLC	180710
Preceded by	The Bishop's Mantle
Followed by

The Gown of Glory is a 1952 novel by the American writer Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1888–1982). It is set in a fictional rural village of Ladykirk, which is much like the author's birthplace of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, about thirty miles east of Pittsburgh.

Plot[]

The story begins in 1881 when the Reverend David Lyall brings his new wife from the city to his rural manse expecting to stay only a year. Twenty-five years and three grown children later, David is still the spiritual leader of the Calvinist congregation. The plot explores the small joys and quiet griefs of a minister's life as well as what happens when a wealthy young man falls in love with the minister's daughter.

References[]

• Turnbull, Agnes Sligh (1952). The Gown of Glory. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1123-X.

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