Author: John Galt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Annals of the Parish; or, the Chronicles of Dalmailing; during the ministry of the Rev. M. Balwhidder. Written by himself. Arranged and edited by the author of 'the Ayrshire Legatees' [i.e. John Galt].
Author: John Galt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Annals of the parish, or, The chronicle of Dalmaling during the ministry of the rev. Micah Balwhidder, written by himself, ed. [really written] by the author of The Ayrshire legatees. by J. Galt
Author: John Galt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Annals of the Parish
Author: John Galt
Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed for W. Blackwood ; London : T. Cadell
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed for W. Blackwood ; London : T. Cadell
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Annals of the Parish
Author: John Galt
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474442420
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Offers Galt's most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish historyProvides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel's production and reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and publishedIncludes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt's biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is setThe appendices identify Galt's real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the storyMaps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British IslesJohn Galt's Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760-1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474442420
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Offers Galt's most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish historyProvides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel's production and reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and publishedIncludes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt's biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is setThe appendices identify Galt's real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the storyMaps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British IslesJohn Galt's Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760-1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation.
Annals Of The Parish
Author: John Galt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789389679274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Annals Of The Parish: Or The Chronicle Of Dalmailing During The Ministry Of The Rev. Micah Balwhidder. Written By Himself And Arranged And Edited By John Galt This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789389679274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Annals Of The Parish: Or The Chronicle Of Dalmailing During The Ministry Of The Rev. Micah Balwhidder. Written By Himself And Arranged And Edited By John Galt This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
John Galt, by R.K. Gordon
Author: Robert Kay Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian boat song
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian boat song
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...: England-Homem. 1874
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Annals of the parish
Author: John Galt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts
Author: Alexander Dyce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338525289X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338525289X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Bibliotheca Scotia
Author: John Smith & Sons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description