Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novels of travel, romance and adventure. The Master of Ballantrae takes a deep, disturbing turn after Kidnapped and Catriona, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to adventures in frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self, so famously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, recurs in Weir of Hermiston with its awful father-son confrontation.
The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novels of travel, romance and adventure. The Master of Ballantrae takes a deep, disturbing turn after Kidnapped and Catriona, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to adventures in frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self, so famously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, recurs in Weir of Hermiston with its awful father-son confrontation.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novels of travel, romance and adventure. The Master of Ballantrae takes a deep, disturbing turn after Kidnapped and Catriona, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to adventures in frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self, so famously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, recurs in Weir of Hermiston with its awful father-son confrontation.
Works: The master of Ballantrae. Weir of Hermiston. Poems
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 694
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The Master of Ballantrae ; And, Weir of Hermiston
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Everymans Library
ISBN: 9780460872263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Stevenson said of THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE 'the public will like it...for it is picturesque and curious and dismal' and indeed it has remained popular with generations of readers.Set in the period following the Jacobite rebellion of 1745,this is the story of two brothers locked in combat,for whom mutual destruction becomes inevitable.Family relationships also dominate WEIR OF HERMISTON,which was Stevenson's last and probably finest novel.Archie is the tyrannised son of Weir, 'the hanging judge',and his eventual estrangement from his father launches him into a world of romantic intrigue and adventure.Stevenson did not finish WEIR OF HERMISTON before his death in 1894,but a summary of his notes and conversations included in this edition points to the intended outcome of this remarkable tale.
Publisher: Everymans Library
ISBN: 9780460872263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Stevenson said of THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE 'the public will like it...for it is picturesque and curious and dismal' and indeed it has remained popular with generations of readers.Set in the period following the Jacobite rebellion of 1745,this is the story of two brothers locked in combat,for whom mutual destruction becomes inevitable.Family relationships also dominate WEIR OF HERMISTON,which was Stevenson's last and probably finest novel.Archie is the tyrannised son of Weir, 'the hanging judge',and his eventual estrangement from his father launches him into a world of romantic intrigue and adventure.Stevenson did not finish WEIR OF HERMISTON before his death in 1894,but a summary of his notes and conversations included in this edition points to the intended outcome of this remarkable tale.
The master of Ballantrae; Weir of Hermiston; Poems
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The master of Ballantrae (and) The weir of Hermiston
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Scottish Novels
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 184767559X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 869
Book Description
Introduced by Jenni Calder and Roderick Watson. Kidnapped – Catriona – The Master of Ballantrae – Weir of Hermiston These four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson’s imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country. Kidnapped, and its sequel Catriona, are renowned the world over as supreme stories of adventure and romance. On another level they also explore the subtle divisions of Scottish history and character in the eighteenth century, and (some would say) the present day. The Master of Ballantrae takes a darker and more disturbing turn, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to their end in the frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson’s fascination with the divided nature of the human self (most obviously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) appears again in the Weir of Hermiston with its terrible confrontation between a father and his son. With an unsurpassed combination of physical adventure and psychological insight, The Scottish Novels have moved and thrilled readers and writers from Stevenson’s contemporaries to the present day.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 184767559X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 869
Book Description
Introduced by Jenni Calder and Roderick Watson. Kidnapped – Catriona – The Master of Ballantrae – Weir of Hermiston These four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson’s imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country. Kidnapped, and its sequel Catriona, are renowned the world over as supreme stories of adventure and romance. On another level they also explore the subtle divisions of Scottish history and character in the eighteenth century, and (some would say) the present day. The Master of Ballantrae takes a darker and more disturbing turn, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to their end in the frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson’s fascination with the divided nature of the human self (most obviously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) appears again in the Weir of Hermiston with its terrible confrontation between a father and his son. With an unsurpassed combination of physical adventure and psychological insight, The Scottish Novels have moved and thrilled readers and writers from Stevenson’s contemporaries to the present day.
The Master of Ballantrae ; Weir of Hermiston
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0679417443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double demonstration of Stevenson's ability to satisfy the highest critical standards and at the same time remain compulsively entertaining. With an Introduction by John Sutherland (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0679417443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double demonstration of Stevenson's ability to satisfy the highest critical standards and at the same time remain compulsively entertaining. With an Introduction by John Sutherland (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
The Master of Ballantrae Illustrated
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Master of Ballantrae is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored.
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Master of Ballantrae is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. He worked on the book in Tautira after his health was restored.
˜Theœ Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston and Other Fragments
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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