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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... Perhaps that ungratifying bloody - mindedness , an aspect of character rarely seen in his work , reflects the mental state with which Scott struggled to confront his financial and personal disasters of 1826 . THE HIGHLAND WIDOW Robert ...
... Perhaps that ungratifying bloody - mindedness , an aspect of character rarely seen in his work , reflects the mental state with which Scott struggled to confront his financial and personal disasters of 1826 . THE HIGHLAND WIDOW Robert ...
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... perhaps the annals of the world can afford . " ( 155 ) This passage promises both rogues and ' wonderful deeds ' , and stresses , as the tale does throughout , that the incidents described are set not in Croftangry's present ( 1826-27 ) ...
... perhaps the annals of the world can afford . " ( 155 ) This passage promises both rogues and ' wonderful deeds ' , and stresses , as the tale does throughout , that the incidents described are set not in Croftangry's present ( 1826-27 ) ...
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... perhaps Adam Hartley is , is undermined by a remark of his colleague , Mr Esdale : " " we are all upon the adventure in India , more or less " ( 253 ) . A similar ambivalence is present in a passage towards the end of the tale . Hyder ...
... perhaps Adam Hartley is , is undermined by a remark of his colleague , Mr Esdale : " " we are all upon the adventure in India , more or less " ( 253 ) . A similar ambivalence is present in a passage towards the end of the tale . Hyder ...
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... perhaps , find a better public opportunity to lay down a disguise , which began to resemble that of a detected masquer- ader . I had therefore the task of avowing myself , to the numerous and respectable company assembled , as the sole ...
... perhaps , find a better public opportunity to lay down a disguise , which began to resemble that of a detected masquer- ader . I had therefore the task of avowing myself , to the numerous and respectable company assembled , as the sole ...
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... ( perhaps an unfriendly critic may add , my brow , ) with triple brass , and as much as possible to avoid resting my thoughts and wishes upon literary suc- cess , lest I should endanger my own peace of mind and tranquillity by literary ...
... ( perhaps an unfriendly critic may add , my brow , ) with triple brass , and as much as possible to avoid resting my thoughts and wishes upon literary suc- cess , lest I should endanger my own peace of mind and tranquillity by literary ...
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