Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott
Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott

Author: Fiona Robertson

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2012-09-25

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0748670203

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This is a comprehensive collection devoted to the work of Sir Walter Scott, drawing on the innovative research and scholarship which have revitalised the study of the whole range of his exceptionally diverse writing in recent years.

Selected Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott
Selected Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott

Author: Walter Scott

Publisher:

Published: 2011-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781904999959

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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.