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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... person to welcome Croftangry back was a poor Highland landlady , Janet MacEvoy , with whom he had lodged many years before when he had taken sanctuary for debt in Holyrood . She is from a dispeopled Highland glen — a victim of what we ...
... person to welcome Croftangry back was a poor Highland landlady , Janet MacEvoy , with whom he had lodged many years before when he had taken sanctuary for debt in Holyrood . She is from a dispeopled Highland glen — a victim of what we ...
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... person sprung from a revenge culture to get over a physical affront ? The judge , who was sound about the cultural specificity of boxing , fails to acknowledge the cultural determinants involved in acting placably after an insult . For ...
... person sprung from a revenge culture to get over a physical affront ? The judge , who was sound about the cultural specificity of boxing , fails to acknowledge the cultural determinants involved in acting placably after an insult . For ...
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... person to try to raise £ 500 by writing a small Eastern Tale ' . ' Scott started to write on 27 May 1826 , and the work was published on 30 October 1827 in an edition of 8,750 copies . The chief reason for the delay was that at the ...
... person to try to raise £ 500 by writing a small Eastern Tale ' . ' Scott started to write on 27 May 1826 , and the work was published on 30 October 1827 in an edition of 8,750 copies . The chief reason for the delay was that at the ...
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... persons concerned in the real story . Indeed , I may here state generally , that although I have deemed historical ... person before you in his individuality . Thus , the character of Jonathan Old- buck , in the Antiquary , was partly ...
... persons concerned in the real story . Indeed , I may here state generally , that although I have deemed historical ... person before you in his individuality . Thus , the character of Jonathan Old- buck , in the Antiquary , was partly ...
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... person to whom he owed his life . The Duke , struck with his earnestness , desired him to take up his commis- sion , and granted the protection required for the family of Invernahyle . The Chieftain himself lay concealed in a cave near ...
... person to whom he owed his life . The Duke , struck with his earnestness , desired him to take up his commis- sion , and granted the protection required for the family of Invernahyle . The Chieftain himself lay concealed in a cave near ...
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