The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston: Introduction by John Sutherland (Everyman's Library Classics Series) - Hardcover

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679417443 ISBN 13: 9780679417446

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1992

Synopsis

 

In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double demonstration of Stevenson's ability to satisfy the highest critical standards and at the same time remain compulsively entertaining. With an Introduction by John Sutherland

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From the Back Cover:

In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed--a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility.

About the Author:

John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College, London. He is the author of The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction and Mrs Humphrey Ward.

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679417443
• ISBN 13: 9780679417446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424