Waverley Or Tis Sixty Years SincePhoemixx Classics Ebooks, 4 oct 2021 - 888 páginas Waverley Or Tis Sixty Years Since Walter Scott - Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years Since is a historical novel by Walter Scott (17711832). Scott was already famous as a poet, and chose to publish it anonymously in 1814 as his first venture into prose fiction. It is often regarded as one of the first historical novels in the Western tradition.Edward Waverley, an English gentleman of honour, chooses an occupation in the army at the time just before the Jacobite uprising of 1745 on advice of his father. He has an officer's commission. On leave from army training, he visits friends of his family in Scotland, as he is not far from their place. He enjoys their Scottish hospitality. His head is full of the romantic notions of his unstructured education, including much reading, and he is startled to find himself in the midst of loyalists who support the return of the House of Stuart and the Stuart prince, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Young Chevalier to his supporters and as the Younger Pretender to his foes. His honour is often challenged as others interfere to push him to the Stuart side, where he is in battle, and he meets two women with whom he falls in love in turn, until he chooses one. His gentlemanly actions gain him friends in this precarious situation, on both sides of the uprising, who stand him in good stead when he is at risk from his own government when the uprising is put down.Scott chose to publish his later novels as being "by the author of Waverley". His series of works on similar themes written during the same period have become collectively known as the "Waverley Novels". The novel was well-received by contemporary critics, and well-liked by those who purchased novels in the early 19th century. It has continued in favour with later critics. |
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... heart , by contributing in however small a degree to the happiness of your people . They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty , agreeably to your gracious permission , by Your Majesty's Dutiful Subject , Abbotsford , 1st ...
... heart , by contributing in however small a degree to the happiness of your people . They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty , agreeably to your gracious permission , by Your Majesty's Dutiful Subject , Abbotsford , 1st ...
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... heart fail him not , be king over all broad Britain . So speaks the tongue that cannot lie . But all depends on courage , and much on your taking the sword or the horn first . " Dick was much disposed to take the sword ; but his bold ...
... heart fail him not , be king over all broad Britain . So speaks the tongue that cannot lie . But all depends on courage , and much on your taking the sword or the horn first . " Dick was much disposed to take the sword ; but his bold ...
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... heart for the Constitution ? Was it not thought necessary to destroy the building which was on fire , ere the conflagration spread around the vicinity ? " " Yet if upon trial , " said the doctor , " the walls were found to resist our ...
... heart for the Constitution ? Was it not thought necessary to destroy the building which was on fire , ere the conflagration spread around the vicinity ? " " Yet if upon trial , " said the doctor , " the walls were found to resist our ...
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... hearts , ' said the latter , and the boat bearing the unlucky young man soon carried him on board the frigate . Perhaps you will blame me for mentioning this circumstance ; but consider , my dear cousin , this man saved my life , and ...
... hearts , ' said the latter , and the boat bearing the unlucky young man soon carried him on board the frigate . Perhaps you will blame me for mentioning this circumstance ; but consider , my dear cousin , this man saved my life , and ...
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... heart after earthly things.”] A little farther there seems to have been a gay account of Margery's wedding with Ralph the Tasker, the running at the quintain, and other rural games practised on the occasion. There are also fragments of ...
... heart after earthly things.”] A little farther there seems to have been a gay account of Margery's wedding with Ralph the Tasker, the running at the quintain, and other rural games practised on the occasion. There are also fragments of ...
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