Waverley - Couverture rigide

Scott, Walter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 074869787X ISBN 13 : 9780748697878

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The first of the Waverley Novels burst anonymously upon an astonished world in 1814. Its publication marked the emergence of the modern novel in the western world and was to have an influence on the great European writers of the nineteenth century, including Tolstoy, Balzac and Stendhal. Edward Waverley is a young, cultured, but impressionable man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. In his journey into Scotland, down to Derby, and back up again he witnesses the cultural and political geography of Great Britain in all its variety and in a state of political crisis. This edition of Scott's Waverley marks the bicentenary of the first publication of the novel. It presents the authoritatively edited text by Peter Garside for the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, together with a new Introduction, making the novel readily available to a new generation of readers.

Quatrième de couverture :

'Walter Scott invented the historical novel...only Shakespeare can equal him as a creator of characters' Daily Mail

King George is on the throne, but there are those in Scotland who swear loyalty to the Stuart heir, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and are prepared to stake his claim in conflict and bloodshed. Young Edward Waverley is caught in the middle: son of a Hanoverian yet nephew and heir to a Jacobite, a captain in the King's army yet drawn to the brave Highlanders and their romantic history. Edward must choose where his loyalties lie, even as his heart is torn between gentle Rose Brawardine, and the passionate, principled Flora Mac-Ivor.

See also: Ivanhoe

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 074869787X
• ISBN 13: 9780748697878
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384