Chronicles of the CanongatePenguin, 2003 - 427 páginas Ranging from the wilds of the Scottish Highlands to the dusty streets of Madras, these three stories all show lives transformed - and, in some cases, destroyed - by words and cultures in conflict. In 'The Highland widow', a mother is devastated when her son announces his intention to join the British army to fight in America, and uses all her cunning to keep him at home. 'The two drovers' is a tale of prophecy fulfilled in which the Englishman Harry Wakefield is set against his Scottish friend Robin Oig in a destructive and ultimately tragic quarrel. 'The surgeon's daughter' follows the fortunes of three young Scots who attempt to settle in India during the early years of British Empire. Based on the authoritative Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, which follows the text of the Scott collection in its original form, this volume features a new introduction by Clare Lamont. It also includes a chronology of Scott's life and works, textual and historical notes and a glossary. |
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... Highland Widow Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative xi XXX xxxix xliii I 3 13 68 122 124 The Two Drovers Volume II Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative The Surgeon's Daughter Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative Explanatory Notes Historical Notes to ...
... Highland Widow Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative xi XXX xxxix xliii I 3 13 68 122 124 The Two Drovers Volume II Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative The Surgeon's Daughter Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative Explanatory Notes Historical Notes to ...
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... Highland Widow ' . Croftangry , a first - person narrator , is a man in his sixties who had squandered his inheritance through youthful folly , then recouped his fortunes by years abroad , and is now occupying his retirement by writing ...
... Highland Widow ' . Croftangry , a first - person narrator , is a man in his sixties who had squandered his inheritance through youthful folly , then recouped his fortunes by years abroad , and is now occupying his retirement by writing ...
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... Highland landlady , Janet MacEvoy , with whom he had lodged many years before when he had taken sanctuary for debt in Holyrood . She is from a dispeopled Highland glen — a victim of what we have come to call ' the Highland clearances ...
... Highland landlady , Janet MacEvoy , with whom he had lodged many years before when he had taken sanctuary for debt in Holyrood . She is from a dispeopled Highland glen — a victim of what we have come to call ' the Highland clearances ...
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... Highland Widow ' is less clear . Croftangry's source is Mrs Bethune Baliol , who undertook to give him material for his collection only after her death . Accordingly , what he receives is in writing , prompting the question , what ...
... Highland Widow ' is less clear . Croftangry's source is Mrs Bethune Baliol , who undertook to give him material for his collection only after her death . Accordingly , what he receives is in writing , prompting the question , what ...
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... HIGHLAND WIDOW Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in a letter of 1890 , ' I say , have you ever read " the Highland Widow " ? I never had till yesterday . I am half inclined , bar a trip or two , to think it Scott's masterpiece ... " 11 " The ...
... HIGHLAND WIDOW Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in a letter of 1890 , ' I say , have you ever read " the Highland Widow " ? I never had till yesterday . I am half inclined , bar a trip or two , to think it Scott's masterpiece ... " 11 " The ...
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