The Pirate - Reading Schedule plus Discussion of the Introduction & Advertisement

[Gem , Moderator]

Ahoy mateys! In honor o' International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 9, 2017) Phrodrick suggested readin' The Pirate by Walter Scott.

We be goin' t' read approximately 10% a week ('cause I read slow) startin' on September 10 wit' th' Introduction & Advertisement startin' today (September 6). Th' schedule will loot us through November 18 so we'll wrap up prior t' Thanksgivin'.

Feel free t' join in we'd love t' 'ave ye!

Project Gutenberg has Th' Pirate available in various formats. If yer library participates in Hoopla 'tis available thar as well.

REVISED SCHEDULE
Week 1 (Sept 17 - 23) Introduction, Advertisement, Chapters 1 - 4
Week 2 (Sept 24 - 30) Chapters 5 -8
Week 3 (Oct 1 - 7) Chapters 9 - 12
Week 4 (Oct 8 - 14) Chapters 13 - 17
Week 5 (Oct 15 - 21) Chapters 18 -21
Week 6 (Oct 22 - 28) Chapters 22 - 25
Week 7 (Oct 29 - Nov 4) Chapters 26 - 30
Week 8 (Nov 5 - 11) Chapters 31 - 34
Week 9 (Nov 12 - 18) Chapters 35 - 39
Week 10 (Nov 19 - 25) Chapters 40-42/Entire book & wrap up

So without further ado, let's use this thread t' discussion th' Introduction 'n Advertisement sections. (Translation provided by Pirate Monkeyness.)

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

My Fault ITLAPD is always Sept 19, not sure why
http://talklikeapirate.com/wordpress/

Absent scurvy luck I'll Be having some Pirate scuddlebutt o this here tale o the sea by Saturday.
After itill be silent service for a turns of the glass

[Gem , Moderator]

The reading schedule has been revised.

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

My guess is that I am the last of the people actually reading the Pirate.
I do not blame anyone for giving up on it.

All I knew of Sir Walter Scott was Ivanhoe. A much better book.
That said what seems to be common between them is a central theme of Prejudice.
Ivanhoe has it down to Saxons, vs, Norman with the answer being they are all going to be British.
But there is also the fact of Antisemitism which is never resolved.

A proper sub-title to The Pirate could be: Are you white enough to marry my daughters? I have lost count of all the various prejudices modern and ancient on parade in the book.

Is it just me seeing this?
Is there a good, fairly recent Bio of Scott that might address this?

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Finished it today
Some nice twists in the end, not at all obvious, at least some of it.
Towards the end I thought I was reading the unfunny version of the Pirates of Penzance

[Lori, Moderator]

Phrodrick wrote: "My guess is that I am the last of the people actually reading the Pirate.
I do not blame anyone for giving up on it.

All I knew of Sir Walter Scott was Ivanhoe. A much better book.
That said what ..."

Really? I liked Ivanhoe, but it's far from my favorite by him. I think I actually liked The Pirate a bit better. Maybe the vivid setting had something to do with it.

[Rosemarie, Moderator]

I really liked The Heart of Midlothian, one of the reasons being the wonderful character Jeannie.

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Having finished Pirate -It does finish well but getting there was a terrific bore.
It does not help that my e edition is less than perfect, making the blur of languages that much harder.
So may characters get entire chapters for no discernible reason.

I get that he is consciously thinking of set design, knowing this book will be a play. No I am not impressed with much of the over long, and long winded sentence structure.

I am now at two Scott novels and have a number more in this e edition. I know he can do better and will have a better rule on him once I have more titles on my done pile.