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The Antiquary
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for The Antiquary
Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Nicola J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
'It was early in a fine summer's day, near the end of the eighteenth century, when a young man, of genteel appearance, having occasion to go towards the north-east of Scotland, provided himself with a ticket in one of those public carriages which travel between Edinburgh and the Queensferry...' So begins Scott's personal favourite among his novels, in characteristically wry and urbane style, as a mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, who has taken refuge from his own personal ... Read more
'It was early in a fine summer's day, near the end of the eighteenth century, when a young man, of genteel appearance, having occasion to go towards the north-east of Scotland, provided himself with a ticket in one of those public carriages which travel between Edinburgh and the Queensferry...' So begins Scott's personal favourite among his novels, in characteristically wry and urbane style, as a mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, who has taken refuge from his own personal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555710
SKU
V9780199555710
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Reviews for The Antiquary
The Oxford World's Classics edition of Scott's The Antiquary gives one a chance to taste the great Scotsman for oneself...This edition has very thorough notes and glossary ...it is an interesting and amusing story
Derwent May, the Times
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