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Rob Roy (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)

by Sir Walter Scott (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd (1 Aug 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853262536
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853262531
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Rob Roy is set in the north of England and Scotland in the years before, during and after the first Jacobite rising of 1715. Rob Roy is a swashbuckling chieftain of the Clan MacGregor who is forced to become an outlaw for his alleged espousal of the Jacobite cause.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, 22 Mar 2002
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Few men can be credited with inventing an entire genre, but Sir Walter Scott is one of them. His ingenious intertwining of history and fiction created a type of novel that endures to this day.

And in Rob Roy, it is easy to see why. Yet the mechanism of history occupies only a secondary position; it is the young Francis Osbaldistone who occupies centre stage. His colourful adventures unfold in a flurry of action, the narrative stiffened by Scott's wonderful fluency and sublime descriptive powers. Combine this with the suspense and uncertainty surrounding Diana Vernon and Rob Roy in particular, and it would be difficult to imagine a more pleasing novel.

Certainly, Rob Roy is not as exuberant as Scott's other great work, Ivanhoe, but this is of little consequence. The book is an intricate tapestry of romance, adventure and mystery that simply oozes the irresistible charm of a masterpiece.

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5.0 out of 5 stars break through the pain barrier, 5 Dec 2001
Getting into this book means wading through an opening few scenes of London accountancy. It hurts, but it works

Once you have gotten through the early sections you follow the hero northwards, until you find him racing through the highlands and striving for the right to marry the beautiful, enigmatic and sly Di Vernon.

Not essentially a book about Rob Roy, although he does have a leading role. It is about the world of Rob Roy, which is full of brave, adventurous and unpredictable highlanders.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Scott - The Acquired Taste, 22 Jun 2002
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Don't get me wrong, I love Nineteenth century fiction, but this novel leaves me bewildered at Scott's reputation. It hasn't travellled well (Austen's vintage is still full-bodied), but accepting the anachronisms, very little works for me. The characters are more stereotyped than a cowboy movie where the bad guys wear black hats. The whole thing felt lumpen and lifeless. I've read Ivanhoe and felt the same. Maybe I like Dumas too much.......
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