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John Galt (1779 - 1839) was a Scottish novelist born in Irvine, Ayrshire, the son of a naval captain. Professionally, hewas Secretary of the Royal Caledonian Asylum in London from 1815 and then Secretary of the Canada Company from 1824. He wrote The Life and Studies of Benjamin West (1816) and Autobiography (1833). His best known novels include Voyages and Travels (1812) and The Member (1832).
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Vendeur : Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Fine. First Thus. THE PROVOST John Galt edited with an introduction by Ian A Gordon. Oxford University Press, London. 1973 First thus. 170pp. his copy is bound in gree linen covered boards with gilt titling and decoration to the spine. there is a small neat signature of ownership to the front paste down otherwise the book is in FINE, bright and tight condition. A dustwrapper is not present. John Galt (2 May 1779 ? 11 April 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution, he has been called the first political novelist in the English language. He was the father of Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt of Montreal. The Provost, the first political novel, is the autobiography of a genuine Machiavellian a natural born one, at that. The chief pleasure here for me, as I noted over at Wuthering Expectations, is Galt's technical virtuosity in producing this amazing narrator, Mr. Pawkie, and his exploits. Ref JJJ 7. N° de réf. du vendeur 007318
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