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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... side of his paper , and he used the blank back of the preceding leaf for additions and corrections , made both as he wrote and as he read over what he had written the previous day . Scott's novels were published anonymously - hence the ...
... side of his paper , and he used the blank back of the preceding leaf for additions and corrections , made both as he wrote and as he read over what he had written the previous day . Scott's novels were published anonymously - hence the ...
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... side , that boxing is regarded in England as a ' natural ' way of solving disputes , using nature's weapons ( 145 ) . But it will do so only if both participants agree on its symbolic function . The Highlander , from what was until ...
... side , that boxing is regarded in England as a ' natural ' way of solving disputes , using nature's weapons ( 145 ) . But it will do so only if both participants agree on its symbolic function . The Highlander , from what was until ...
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... side of such wide - ranging achievement . Three starkly tragic tales show the personal toll exacted on ordinary Scots who stepped out of the settled cultures in which they had grown up . They reveal the difficulties of social transition ...
... side of such wide - ranging achievement . Three starkly tragic tales show the personal toll exacted on ordinary Scots who stepped out of the settled cultures in which they had grown up . They reveal the difficulties of social transition ...
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... side of George Square , Edinburgh , and a time in 1777 at Prestonpans , near Edinburgh , he lived there until 1778. From his grandmother and his aunt Janet he heard many ballads and stories of the Border past , and these narratives were ...
... side of George Square , Edinburgh , and a time in 1777 at Prestonpans , near Edinburgh , he lived there until 1778. From his grandmother and his aunt Janet he heard many ballads and stories of the Border past , and these narratives were ...
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... side of its dying master ; the whole furnishing a scene not unfitted for the pencil . These particulars I had from Mr Train . Another debt , which I pay most willingly , is that which I owe to an unknown correspondent ( a lady ) , who ...
... side of its dying master ; the whole furnishing a scene not unfitted for the pencil . These particulars I had from Mr Train . Another debt , which I pay most willingly , is that which I owe to an unknown correspondent ( a lady ) , who ...
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