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Gabriel Setoun

1861–1930

Best remembered for gentle, musical poems and stories rooted in Scottish life, this late-Victorian writer published under the name Gabriel Setoun. His work ranges from children’s verse to village fiction, with a warm, lyrical style that kept his poems in circulation long after his lifetime.

1 Audiobook

Robert Burns

Robert Burns

by Gabriel Setoun

About the author

Born Thomas Nicoll Hepburn in West Wemyss, Fife, on April 21, 1861, he wrote under the pseudonym Gabriel Setoun. Reliable catalog and reference sources identify him as a Scottish poet and author, active across poetry, fiction, and biography.

Setoun is especially associated with poems such as Jack Frost, Romance, and The World’s Music, and with fiction including Barncraig and Robert Urquhart. Reference sources also place his novels within the Scottish "Kailyard" tradition, known for its close focus on village life and local character.

He died on September 1, 1930, in London. Although he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his work has remained visible through anthologies, library catalogs, and audiobook-friendly public-domain collections.