The Bride of Lammermoor (Worlds Classics)

Scott, Sir Walter

ISBN 10: 0192817914 / ISBN 13: 9780192817914

Published by Oxford Paperbacks, 1991

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bride of Lammermoor (Worlds Classics)
• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192817914
• ISBN 13: 9780192817914
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

The text is based on the Magnum Opus' edition of 1830. First published in 1918, "The Bride of Lammermoor" is Scott's classic tale of the romance between Edgar, Master of Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton. The novel also establishes its own status as both an historical document and a work of art.

Review

The Edinburgh Edition respects Scott the artist by 'restoring' versions of the novels that are not quite what his first readers saw. Indeed, it returns to manuscripts that the printers never handled, as Scott's fiction before 1827 was transcribed before it reached the printshop. Each volume of the Edinburgh edition presents an uncluttered text of one work, followed by an Essay on the Text by the editor of the work, a list of the emendations that have been made to the first edition, explanatory notes and a glossary ! The editorial essays are histories of the respective texts. Some of them are almost 100 pages long; when they are put together they constitute a fascinating and lucid account of Scott's methods of compostion and his financial manoeuvres. This edition is for anyone who takes Scott seriously. Times Literary Supplement The Edinburgh Edition respects Scott the artist by 'restoring' versions of the novels that are not quite what his first readers saw. Indeed, it returns to manuscripts that the printers never handled, as Scott's fiction before 1827 was transcribed before it reached the printshop. Each volume of the Edinburgh edition presents an uncluttered text of one work, followed by an Essay on the Text by the editor of the work, a list of the emendations that have been made to the first edition, explanatory notes and a glossary ! The editorial essays are histories of the respective texts. Some of them are almost 100 pages long; when they are put together they constitute a fascinating and lucid account of Scott's methods of compostion and his financial manoeuvres. This edition is for anyone who takes Scott seriously.