The AntiquaryPenguin, 1998 - 454 pagina's The third novel in the Waverley series, and Scott's personal favorite, The Antiquary centers on a young man called Lovel who meets Jonathan Oldbuck, a loquacious old antiquary, on a trip to Scotland. There Lovel falls in love with the daughter of Sir Arthur Wardour, a local landowner. However, with no wealth or title to offer, Lovel's feelings go unrequited until an extraordinary act of courage. With its vivid drama and exuberant pace, The Antiquary confirms Scott's reputation as the great storyteller of modern Europe. |
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Pagina xv
... Dousterswivel at its centre . Waldeck , then , throws Dousterswivel into relief , and vice versa ; and we can see this happening among other characters as well . For there is a Gothic convention behind the sharing of a secret between ...
... Dousterswivel at its centre . Waldeck , then , throws Dousterswivel into relief , and vice versa ; and we can see this happening among other characters as well . For there is a Gothic convention behind the sharing of a secret between ...
Pagina xxii
... Dousterswivel encourages Sir Arthur to spend the remains of his fortune . Here there is an instructive circularity , involving Sir Arthur spending precious metal in the hope of finding ... precious metal . Similarly with the ' treasure ...
... Dousterswivel encourages Sir Arthur to spend the remains of his fortune . Here there is an instructive circularity , involving Sir Arthur spending precious metal in the hope of finding ... precious metal . Similarly with the ' treasure ...
Pagina xxiii
... a response to a quite different fire , the final burning of the ' diabolical ' mining equipment that marked Dousterswivel's attempts to defraud Sir Arthur ( 352 ) . Rock , underground fires , precious stones and metals , INTRODUCTION xxiii.
... a response to a quite different fire , the final burning of the ' diabolical ' mining equipment that marked Dousterswivel's attempts to defraud Sir Arthur ( 352 ) . Rock , underground fires , precious stones and metals , INTRODUCTION xxiii.
Pagina xxiv
... Dousterswivel and in particular his equivocal involvement with the apparently fatal denouement of those dealings , fatal at least to Steenie Meiklebackit ; this escape from instability is also blocked . The drama of the past ...
... Dousterswivel and in particular his equivocal involvement with the apparently fatal denouement of those dealings , fatal at least to Steenie Meiklebackit ; this escape from instability is also blocked . The drama of the past ...
Pagina xxvi
... Dousterswivel with all my heart ! -I think he has bequeathed us a legacy of blunders and mischief , as if he had lighted some train of fireworks at his departure - I wonder what cracker will go off next among our shins . " ( 352 ) ...
... Dousterswivel with all my heart ! -I think he has bequeathed us a legacy of blunders and mischief , as if he had lighted some train of fireworks at his departure - I wonder what cracker will go off next among our shins . " ( 352 ) ...
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THE ANTIQUARY | 5 |
Volume II | 119 |
Volume III | 237 |
Historical note | 357 |
Explanatory Notes | 364 |
Glossary | 436 |
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Pagina xxxi - In [April 1758] my father married Anne Rutherford, eldest daughter of Dr John Rutherford, professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh. He was one of...