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Sir Walter Scott: His Life and Work
John Buchan
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Description for Sir Walter Scott: His Life and Work
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
In the bicentenary year of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's first novel Waverley, this is a timely republication of Buchan's work The Man and the Book, originally published in 1925. Buchan's treatment is sympathetic but perceptive, and at points critical. Whilst acknowledging Scott's weaknesses, the book also touches upon the creative pulse of his great predecessor's achievement. Interspersed with superb extracts exhibiting Scott's narrative arts, as a short introduction to and sampling of Scott, John Buchan's work has never been bettered. To this day, this book remains the ideal advocate and guide to the great Sir ... Read more
In the bicentenary year of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's first novel Waverley, this is a timely republication of Buchan's work The Man and the Book, originally published in 1925. Buchan's treatment is sympathetic but perceptive, and at points critical. Whilst acknowledging Scott's weaknesses, the book also touches upon the creative pulse of his great predecessor's achievement. Interspersed with superb extracts exhibiting Scott's narrative arts, as a short introduction to and sampling of Scott, John Buchan's work has never been bettered. To this day, this book remains the ideal advocate and guide to the great Sir ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910021668
SKU
V9781910021668
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Ref
99-34
About John Buchan
JOHN BUCHAN was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Born in Perth, he studied classics at the University of Glasgow. He became a prolific author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, with involvement in over 100 books. His works include The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle. DONALD SMITH is a storyteller, ... Read more
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