Author

Publication

1995-05-01 - Penguin Classics

Language

English

Word Count

128,000 words, Guess

Page Count

512 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7354884M
  • ISBN-139780140435542
  • ISBN-100140435549
  • Goodreads543686
  • LibraryThing35211

Classifications

  • LCCPR5322.R69 1995

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.

First Sentence

You have requested me, my dear friend, to bestow some of that leisure, with which Providence has blessed the decline of my life, in registering the hazards and difficulties which attended its commencement.

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