Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904999959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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His Waverley novels brought Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) great international fame in his own day. Many modern readers, however, find them too daunting, perhaps because of their considerable length. The aim of this volume is to introduce the general reader to Scott's prose fiction through his highly accessible short stories. These include the "straightforward" horror stories My Aunt Margaret's Mirror and The Tapestried Chamber and the masterly Wandering Willie's Tale with its weird expedition to Hell, told in broad Scots. The Highland Widow and The Two Drovers mirror the themes of some of Scott's great novels. The former deals with friction and misunderstanding between generations in a Highland family - with fatal consequences. The latter examines ideas of justice and honour when Highlander and Englishman collide - again with fatal consequences.Also included are The Fortunes of Martin Waldeck and Death of the Laird's Jock. With an Introduction by Ronald W. Renton and an Essay byDavid Cecil.
Author: Daniel Cook
Publisher: EUP
ISBN: 9781474487146
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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A study of Walter Scott's short stories, novella and tales
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher: Calder Publications Limited
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Author: Rachel Malik
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241976103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2018** 'A surprisingly touching account of hidden lives forced out of the shadows' Sunday Times One day in 1940 Rene Hargreaves walks out on her family and the city to take a position as a Land Girl at the remote Starlight farm. There she will live with and help lonely farmer Elsie Boston. At first Elsie and Rene are unsure of one another - strangers from different worlds. But over time they each come to depend on the other. They become inseparable. Until the day a visitor from Rene's past arrives and their careful, secluded life is thrown into confusion. Suddenly, all they have built together is threatened. What will they do to protect themselves? And are they prepared for the consequences? 'So lovely, gentle yet enthralling' Claire Fuller 'Quietly beautiful and brilliant. This is no bucolic idyll but an unfolding of a plot that constantly twists and turns and surprises. A truly wonderful, memorable novel' Judges of the Walter Scott Prize 2018
Author: Evan Gottlieb
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 144112022X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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Introduces key concepts in contemporary literary theory to explore the major novels of Sir Walter Scott.
Author: Walter Scott
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Death of the Laird's Jock / Walter Scott.
Author: Jenni Calder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910021255
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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New and controversial major redaction of Walter Scott's Waverley, set in Scotland in 1745, the year of the Jacobite uprising.
Author: Josi S. Kilpack
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN: 9781432854270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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One is his first love. The other is his best love. Which will be his true love? Walter Scott has three passions: Scotland, poetry, and Mina Stuart. Though young and from a different station in society, she is the sunshine of his soul. Yet it's hard for Mina to know if she is only dazzled by Walter's flattery. When she meets charming William, her heart is challenged. Then, one windy morning in the lake country, Walter meets Charlotte. Passion and promises collide as all must decide the course for their futures.
