Chris Guthrie in Lewis Crassic Gibbon's "Sunset Song".

Chris Guthrie is certainly one of the most remarkable characters in Scottish Literature. Remarkable for many reasons; she endures throughout the hardship and the tragedy that persist throughout this first chapter of her life, during her most formative years and with an admirable resistance. She is noble, attractive, intense, loyal and has an almost unshakable inner strength and a sharp wit. That all these characteristics were attributed to a female character written by a man …

…her to know herself and to do what is right and good. However it is her inner calm and strength throughout that makes Chris a character to remember, a metaphor for Scotland. Bibliography Campbell, Ian, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, ed. David Daiches (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press ltd, 1985) Gibbon, Lewis Grassic, Sunset Song, (Edinburgh: Canongate classics, 2003) Munro, Ian. S, Leslie Mitchell, (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd ltd, 1966) Young, Douglas. F, Beyond the Sunset, (Aberdeen: Impulse publications ltd, 1973)