OL687976M
Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Published
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- Unavailable
- ISBN-10
- 156000519X
- Work ID
- OL863587W
Description
A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland dialects with a glossary of Scottish words. The story is set immediately before the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and follows the narrator, an English merchant, to Scotland in pursuit of a debt. Here he encounters Rob Roy MacGregor, a larger-than-life character fighting for social justice for his kinsmen.
Subjects
Scottish fictionJacobite RisingFictionOutlawsScottish AuthorsHistoryBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Scotland, fictionFiction, historicalLarge type booksHistoricalBiographicalHistorical fictionSenior fictionScotland - HistoryFiction, historical, generalRob Roy, 1671-1734Outlaws--fictionPr5322 .r6 2008823.7Rob Roy, in fictionEnglish literatureLong Now Manual for Civilization