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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... never meet the eyes of mortals . ( 122 ) This is the view of a man educated in the scientific outlook of the Scottish Enlightenment . It does not appear to trouble him that he has attributed the death of an unhappy old woman to the ...
... never meet the eyes of mortals . ( 122 ) This is the view of a man educated in the scientific outlook of the Scottish Enlightenment . It does not appear to trouble him that he has attributed the death of an unhappy old woman to the ...
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... never been trained . We note that the use of either fists or swords would be a shared encounter . When the quarrel becomes serious it is one - sided : Harry knocks Robin over as he tries to leave the inn , and Robin takes revenge for ...
... never been trained . We note that the use of either fists or swords would be a shared encounter . When the quarrel becomes serious it is one - sided : Harry knocks Robin over as he tries to leave the inn , and Robin takes revenge for ...
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... 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 curry- powder ...
... 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 curry- powder ...
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... never to have avowed these works during my lifetime , and the original manuscripts were carefully pre- served , ( though by the care of others rather than mine , ) with the purpose of supplying the necessary evidence of the truth when ...
... never to have avowed these works during my lifetime , and the original manuscripts were carefully pre- served , ( though by the care of others rather than mine , ) with the purpose of supplying the necessary evidence of the truth when ...
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... never on any occasion violated the respect due to private life . It was indeed imposs- ible that traits proper to persons , both living and dead , with whom I have had intercourse in society , should not have risen to my pen in such ...
... never on any occasion violated the respect due to private life . It was indeed imposs- ible that traits proper to persons , both living and dead , with whom I have had intercourse in society , should not have risen to my pen in such ...
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