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The Antiquary
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The Antiquary
by
Walter Scott
THE ANTIQUARY - ADVERTISEMENT - THE present Work completes a series of fictitious narratives, intended to illustrate the manners of Scotland at three different periods. WAVERLEY embraced the age of our fathers, GUY MANNERING th at of our own youth, and the ANTIQUARY re fers to the last ten years of the eighteenth century. I have, in the two last narratives especially, soug...more
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(first published 1816)
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I re-discovered this book on my bookshelf at home and decided to read it. I've read a few other Waverly novels, so I'm looking forward to this one. The archaic language and phrasing should give my brain a bit of a workout, too. lol The first sentence of the "Introduction" reads: "The present Work completes a series of fictitious narratives, intended to illustrate the manners of Scotland at three different periods, WAVERLY embraced the age of our fathers, GUY MANNERING that of our own youth, and...more
Why hadn't I heard of this great book before? It has all the usual Scott hallmarks - brilliant story line, sly humorous observation, terrific set pieces, marvelous writing. Yet it was based in his own lifetime - is this the only one? So there is no long introduction, based on fake documents mysteriously recovered. I guess the narrator is Scott himself. He was a bit of an Antiquary himself (meaning obsessive collector and/or local historian), so it is typical of Scott to pull his own leg in gentl...more
Novela bien escrita que situa la acción en Escocia en 1800 on un desenlace final en las tres últimas hojas, que según vas leyendo ves que al autor no le va a dar tiempo a cerrar la novela, pero sí, va y la cierra magistralmente en un simple capítulo.
Divertido de leer.
Divertido de leer.
This had a pretty serious, interesting story, but some funny parts as well. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but I still liked it a lot.
Scott at his very readable. Just a plain good read.
Third book in the Waverley Novels series. I am getting fonder of Walter Scotts fiction by the minute. First and foremost he was a great story teller and for me that's what matters.
The most difficult book i ever read because of the language. I have to read the summary on Wikipedia to know what was going on and who is who. It took me months to finish too. However, i did not dislike this book at all. It is sort of charming.
As you would expect from Scott.
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Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott created and popularized historical novels in a series called the Waverley Novels. In his novels Scott arranged the plots and characters so the reader enters into the lives of both great and ordinary...more
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Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott created and popularized historical novels in a series called the Waverley Novels. In his novels Scott arranged the plots and characters so the reader enters into the lives of both great and ordinary...more
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“He seems, in manner and rank, above the class of young men who take that turn; but I remember hearing them say, that the little theatre at Fairport was to open with the performance of a young gentleman, being his first appearance on any stage.—If this should be thee, Lovel!—Lovel? yes, Lovel or Belville are just the names which youngsters are apt to assume on such occasions—on my life, I am sorry for the lad.”
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