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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... mother's cottage , implies that his father would have agreed with his taking this step ; only his mother does not . The theme of the tale is desertion - military desertion in the sense of failing to return to barracks when ordered to ...
... mother's cottage , implies that his father would have agreed with his taking this step ; only his mother does not . The theme of the tale is desertion - military desertion in the sense of failing to return to barracks when ordered to ...
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... mother . Elspat , a Catholic , addresses him with contempt . Her religion is presented as one of spiritual barter and subjection , implying that the passions of the old Scotland can be curbed only by the dogmatism of the old religion ...
... mother . Elspat , a Catholic , addresses him with contempt . Her religion is presented as one of spiritual barter and subjection , implying that the passions of the old Scotland can be curbed only by the dogmatism of the old religion ...
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... mother , able neither to find a foothold in the new world nor to retain one in the old , can only die in grief and anonymity . The tale is mediated by the framing narrative of Mrs Bethune Baliol's tour . It is a feature of the post ...
... mother , able neither to find a foothold in the new world nor to retain one in the old , can only die in grief and anonymity . The tale is mediated by the framing narrative of Mrs Bethune Baliol's tour . It is a feature of the post ...
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... the illegitimate son of a Jacobite father and a Jewish mother , whose family had abandoned him at birth except for the payment of a modest maintenance to Gideon Grey . The child's fantasies about his xxii INTRODUCTION.
... the illegitimate son of a Jacobite father and a Jewish mother , whose family had abandoned him at birth except for the payment of a modest maintenance to Gideon Grey . The child's fantasies about his xxii INTRODUCTION.
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... Mother Montreville ' ( 251 ) , which implies a procuress . By contrast Menie Grey has no shifting elements in her personality . Described contemptuously by the Begum as " " this northern icicle " ( 262 ) , she is treated as something to ...
... Mother Montreville ' ( 251 ) , which implies a procuress . By contrast Menie Grey has no shifting elements in her personality . Described contemptuously by the Begum as " " this northern icicle " ( 262 ) , she is treated as something to ...
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