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Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for Rob Roy
Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel's hero, Frank Osbaldistone, on his journey through the wild northern territories of the new United Kingdom. Banished from his father's house, falling hopelessly in love with the spirited Diana Vernon, Frank becomes involved in he conspiracy surrounding the disastrous Jacobite rising of 1715. His adventures take him to `MacGregor's ... Read more
For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel's hero, Frank Osbaldistone, on his journey through the wild northern territories of the new United Kingdom. Banished from his father's house, falling hopelessly in love with the spirited Diana Vernon, Frank becomes involved in he conspiracy surrounding the disastrous Jacobite rising of 1715. His adventures take him to `MacGregor's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199549887
SKU
V9780199549887
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About Sir Walter Scott
Ian Duncan is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English at the University of Oregon.
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