The Antiquary (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Scott, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199555710 ISBN 13: 9780199555710

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

Synopsis

'It was early in a fine summer's day near the end of the eighteenth century when a young man of genteel appearance having occasion to go towards the north-east of Scotland provided himself with a ticket in one of those public carriages which travel between Edinburgh and the Queensferry...' So begins Scott's personal favourite among his novels in characteristically wry and urbane style as a mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck who has taken refuge from his own personal disappointments in the obsessive study of miscellaneous history. Their slow unravelling of Lovel's true identity will unearth and redeem the secrets and lies which have devastated the guilt-haunted Earl of Glenallan and will reinstate the tottering fortunes of Sir Arthur Wardour and his daughter Isabella.

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Review:

The Oxford World's Classics edition of Scott's The Antiquary gives one a chance to taste the great Scotsman for oneself...This edition has very thorough notes and glossary ...it is an interesting and amusing story (Derwent May, the Times)

About the Author:

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. Scott's novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. Although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, Scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. A prominent member of the Tory establishment in Edinburgh, Scott was an active member of the Highland Society and served a long term as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–32).

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199555710
• ISBN 13: 9780199555710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 483
• Editor: Watson Nicola