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An edition of Rob Roy (1817)

Rob Roy

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First published in 1817, Rob Roy follows the adventures of a businessman's son, Frank Osbaldistone, who is sent to Scotland and finds himself drawn to the powerful, enigmatic figure of Rob Roy MacGregor, the romantic outlaw who fights for justice and dignity for the Scots.

Publish Date
Publisher
Wordsworth
Language
English
Pages
382

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Rob Roy
2012, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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Rob Roy+cd
2008-01-01, Cideb Editrice
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Rob Roy (Signet Classics)
May 1, 2007, Signet Classics
Paperback in English - Reissue edition
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Rob Roy
1995, Wordsworth
in English
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Rob Roy
1919, The Macmillan company
in English
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Rob Roy
1906, T. Nelson and Sons
in English
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Rob Roy
1905, T. Nelson and Sons
in English
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Rob Roy
1886, Ginn
in English
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Rob Roy
1817, Hurst
in English

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Edition Notes

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[S.l.]

The Physical Object

Pagination
382 p.
Number of pages
382

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL36631761M
Internet Archive
robroy0000scot_a7b6
ISBN 10
1573353884
ISBN 13
9781573353885
OCLC/WorldCat
909452367

Work Description

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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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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