Clan-Albin: A National TaleAssociation for Scottish Literary Studies, 2003 - 598 páginas "Christian Isobel Johnstone, called "the bravehearted lady" by Thomas Carlyle, was editor for more than a decade of Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, a journal famous for its vigorous liberal viewpoints and incisive literary reviews. In 1815 Johnstone also became the author of one of the most extraordinary novels of the Romantic era, Clan-Albin. The story is centered around the childhood and adolescence of its orphan hero, Norman Macalbin, who leaves the poverty of the Highlands to volunteer for the army and journey in Ireland and Spain: but throughout the novel it is the voices of the strong female characters - Lady Augusta, Monimia, Flora and others - that we hear most clearly. These bring to us Johnstone's lament for the loss of Highland culture and scorn for the emergent southern mercantile classes, and portray war as a terrible tragedy whose glorification is unforgivable. Written in the year of Waterloo, Clan-Albin is a unique Scottish novel by an outstanding and neglected female voice."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... took their respective berths in the suffocating transport , which contained , among other soldiers , Captain Drummond's company , the grenadiers of the regiment . It was early in July when they embarked ; the weather was delightful ...
... took their respective berths in the suffocating transport , which contained , among other soldiers , Captain Drummond's company , the grenadiers of the regiment . It was early in July when they embarked ; the weather was delightful ...
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... took the money without farther resistance . They shook hands .- " God bless you . See , the day dawns . Heaven prosper your enterprize ! " - They parted . Norman returned to Craig - gillian's quarters . Hugh , Luath , the Irish priest ...
... took the money without farther resistance . They shook hands .- " God bless you . See , the day dawns . Heaven prosper your enterprize ! " - They parted . Norman returned to Craig - gillian's quarters . Hugh , Luath , the Irish priest ...
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... took a fifty - pound note for fifty pounds , and thanked the Swiss who paid them ; unless they happened to be very fashionable , in which case they still took the note at its nominal value , but omitted the thanks . For a fifty - pound ...
... took a fifty - pound note for fifty pounds , and thanked the Swiss who paid them ; unless they happened to be very fashionable , in which case they still took the note at its nominal value , but omitted the thanks . For a fifty - pound ...
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affection appeared arms attended beautiful become believe bless blood bosom called Chapter character child Colonel Craig-gillian cried dear delight Drummond Eleenalin entered eyes face fair fancy father fear feelings felt Flora followed formed fortune gave girl give Glanville glen Gordon half hand happy head hear heard heart Hector Highland honour hope hour Hugh interest kind knew Lady Augusta Leary leave letter lines live looked Lord Macalbin manner Mary means mind Miss Monimia Montague Moome morning mother mountains nature never night Norman officers once party person Piper pleasure poor present replied returned round seemed seen Sir Archibald smiling soldier soon soul spirit stranger suffering sure sweet tears tell tender thing thought took turned voice wandering whole wife wild wish woman young