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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... century novel . Waverley ( 1814 ) and its successors draw on the social and cultural contrasts and the religious and political conflicts of recent Scottish history to illustrate the nature and cost of political and cultural change and ...
... century novel . Waverley ( 1814 ) and its successors draw on the social and cultural contrasts and the religious and political conflicts of recent Scottish history to illustrate the nature and cost of political and cultural change and ...
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... centuries . She has published editions of Waverley ( 1981 ) and The Heart of Midlothian ( 1982 ) , and is Advisory Editor for the Waverley Novels in Penguin and Textual Adviser for the new Penguin edition of the novels of Jane Austen ...
... centuries . She has published editions of Waverley ( 1981 ) and The Heart of Midlothian ( 1982 ) , and is Advisory Editor for the Waverley Novels in Penguin and Textual Adviser for the new Penguin edition of the novels of Jane Austen ...
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... century . Proofs were corrected in - house , and then a new set of proofs was given to Ballantyne , who annotated them prior to sending them to the author . Scott did not read his proofs against his manuscript or against the printer's ...
... century . Proofs were corrected in - house , and then a new set of proofs was given to Ballantyne , who annotated them prior to sending them to the author . Scott did not read his proofs against his manuscript or against the printer's ...
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... century . He is distinguished as a drover , and by driving Highland cattle to English markets he contributes to the opening of the Highlands to commerce with the rest of the kingdom . In the course of his trade he has made a friend of ...
... century . He is distinguished as a drover , and by driving Highland cattle to English markets he contributes to the opening of the Highlands to commerce with the rest of the kingdom . In the course of his trade he has made a friend of ...
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... century . It has never been highly esteemed among Scott's works . The traditional view is succinctly stated by George Gordon : " " The Surgeon's Daughter " , which begins well enough in a Scottish village , is smothered in melodrama and ...
... century . It has never been highly esteemed among Scott's works . The traditional view is succinctly stated by George Gordon : " " The Surgeon's Daughter " , which begins well enough in a Scottish village , is smothered in melodrama and ...
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