The Antiquary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354629778)

The Antiquary first published in 1816. The Antiquary deals with the problem of how to understand the past so as to enable the future. Set in the tense times of the wars with revolutionary France, it displays Scott's matchless skill at painting the social panorama and in creating vivid characters, from the earthy beggar Edie Ochiltree to the loquacious and shrewdly humorous Antiquary himself. The Antiquary, Scott's personal favorite among his novels, is characteristically wry and urbane. A mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside town of Fairport. Here he is befriended by the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, who has taken refuge from his own personal disappointments in the obsessive study of miscellaneous history.

Author: Walter Scott
ISBN-10: 9354629776
ISBN-13: 9789354629778
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2022
Pages: 434
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.97d