The Scottish Novels - Kidnapped: Catriona: The Master of Ballantrae: Weir of Hermiston (Paperback, Main)

Kidnapped - Catriona - The Master of Ballantrae - Weir of Hermiston These four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson's imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country. Kidnapped, and its sequel Catriona, are renowned the world over as supreme stories of adventure and romance. On another level they also explore the subtle divisions of Scottish history and character in the eighteenth century, and (some would say) the present day. The Master of Ballantrae takes a darker and more disturbing turn, with its tale of rival brothers caught in a webof hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to their end in the frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self (most obviously demonstrated in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) appears again in the Weir of Hermiston with its terrible confrontation between a father and his son. With an unsurpassed combination of physical adventure and psychological insight, The Scottish Novels have moved and thrilled readers and writers from Stevenson's contemporaries to the present day.

General

Imprint:	Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Robert Louis Stevenson
Introduction by:	Jenni Calder • Roderick Watson
Dimensions:	196 x 126 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	864
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-86241-533-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-86241-533-0
Barcode:	9780862415334

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