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From its first publication in 1816 Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Scotts finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a legendary, disputed figure by the time Scott wrote a heroic Scottish Robin Hood to some, an over-glamorised, unprincipled predator to others. Scott approaches Rob Roy indirectly, through the adventures of his fictional hero, Frank Osbaldistone, amid the political turmoil of England and Scotland in 1715. With characteristic care Scott reconstructs the period and settings so as to place Rob Roy and the Scotland he inhabits amid conflicting moral, economic and historical forces. This edition features, besides a new critical introduction and extensive explanatory notes, an essay outlining clearly the novels historical context and a glossary of Scottish words and phrases used by Scotts colourful, vernacular characters.
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Ian Duncan is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English at the University of Oregon.
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This review is from: Rob Roy (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
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.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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break through the pain barrier,
By john.maxwell@visto.com (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rob Roy (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
Getting into this book means wading through an opening few scenes of London accountancy. It hurts, but it worksOnce 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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Pretty Good,
By Comic Book Guy (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rob Roy (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
Having read the excellent Ivanhoe before this, I was expecting great things from Rob Roy and, to some degree, I got them. The eponymous hero is brilliantly portrayed by Scott, who shows the duality of his character: the caring husband coupled with the fearless fighter who battled against the English. Unfortunately, however, we are not properly introduced to this character until over half way through the book and, thus, are deprived of the best thing about it. In my opinion, it focuses way to much on the narrator, Frank Osbaldistone, to the detrement of the story of Rob Roy and the history of the Jacobite rebellion.
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