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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... death he was Sheriff - Depute of Selkirkshire , and from 1806 to 1830 he held a well - paid office as a principal clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh , the supreme Scottish civil court . From 1805 , too , Scott was secretly an ...
... death he was Sheriff - Depute of Selkirkshire , and from 1806 to 1830 he held a well - paid office as a principal clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh , the supreme Scottish civil court . From 1805 , too , Scott was secretly an ...
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... death in 1832 until the EEWN chose the first editions as its base - text . In the EEWN the additions made for the Magnum will be published in two volumes at the end of the series . In the volumes published in Penguin , passages from the ...
... death in 1832 until the EEWN chose the first editions as its base - text . In the EEWN the additions made for the Magnum will be published in two volumes at the end of the series . In the volumes published in Penguin , passages from the ...
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... death in 1832 , the tales were separated to make weight in volumes containing the shorter novels . The present edition reinstates the collection as it was originally published : as three tales preceded by an autobiographical ...
... death in 1832 , the tales were separated to make weight in volumes containing the shorter novels . The present edition reinstates the collection as it was originally published : as three tales preceded by an autobiographical ...
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... death . Accordingly , what he receives is in writing , prompting the question , what alteration , if any , is Croftangry supposed to have made to Mrs Bethune Baliol's material ? " The Highland Widow ' fills Chapters 7-11 of Chronicles ...
... death . Accordingly , what he receives is in writing , prompting the question , what alteration , if any , is Croftangry supposed to have made to Mrs Bethune Baliol's material ? " The Highland Widow ' fills Chapters 7-11 of Chronicles ...
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... death in action being the expectation of a warlike culture . An aspect of colonial relationships is the imposing of alien punishments on a people who do not deny the need for punish- ments , but do not accept sorts which are offensive ...
... death in action being the expectation of a warlike culture . An aspect of colonial relationships is the imposing of alien punishments on a people who do not deny the need for punish- ments , but do not accept sorts which are offensive ...
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