An edition of Rob Roy (1817)

Rob Roy

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Cover of: Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott
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An edition of Rob Roy (1817)

Rob Roy

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A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland dialects with a glossary of Scottish words. The story is set immediately before the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and follows the narrator, an English merchant, to Scotland in pursuit of a debt. Here he encounters Rob Roy MacGregor, a larger-than-life character fighting for social justice for his kinsmen.

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Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ..., and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London
Language
English

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Subjects

Scottish fiction, Jacobite Rising, Fiction, Outlaws, Scottish Authors, History, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Scotland, fiction, Fiction, historical, Large type books, Historical, Biographical, Historical fiction, Senior fiction, Scotland - History, Fiction, historical, general, Rob Roy, 1671-1734, Outlaws--fiction, Pr5322 .r6 2008, 823.7, Rob Roy, in fiction, English literature, Long Now Manual for Civilization

People

Rob Roy (1671-1734), Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Places

Scotland, Edinburgh, Northumberland

Times

1689-1745

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Edition Notes

Copy 1 imperfect: v.1 lacks half title and fly title; v.2-3 lack half title.

Signatures on fly leaves of copy 2: Marlborough and Richd F.E. Ferrier, Great Yarmouth.

First ed., in which v.2, p.193, line 24 is in the uncorrected state, and the figure "8" beneath the last line of text on p.60, v.1, is in a different position from that described in A bibliography of the Waverly novels / by Greville Worthington, p.74.

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Edinburgh

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Pagination
3 v. ;

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24344825M
Internet Archive
robroy01sco
OCLC/WorldCat
3686696

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL863587W

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Excerpts

You have requested me, my dear friend, to bestow some of that leisure with which Providence has blessed the decline of my life in registering the hazards and difficulties which attended its commencement.
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