Waverley + Guy Mannering + The Antiquary (3 Unabridged and fully Illustrated Classics with Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang)
Trois chefs-d’œuvre de Walter Scott réunis : Waverley, Guy Mannering et The Antiquary, illustrés et annotés par Andrew Lang.
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Waverley is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, it is often regarded as the first historical novel. It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. He journeys North from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath.
Guy Mannering or The Astrologer is a novel published anonymously in 1815. Set in the period of the French Revolution, the novel's hero, Lovel, struggles to gain repute and the hand of his beloved despite his uncertain parentage. During these pursuits, he befriends the title's antiquary, Johnathan Oldbuck, who finds Lovel a captive audience to his scholarly studies and a tragic likeness to his own disappointments in love.
The Antiquary (1816) is a is Scott's gothic novel, redolent with family secrets, stories of hidden treasure and hopeless love, with a mysterious, handsome, young man, benighted aristocracy and a night-time funeral procession to a ruined abbey, no less. But the romance and mystery is counterpoised by some of Scott's more down-to-earth characters, and grittily unromantic events.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America.
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Waverley is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, it is often regarded as the first historical novel. It relates the story of a young dreamer and English soldier, Edward Waverley, who was sent to Scotland in 1745. He journeys North from his aristocratic family home, Waverley-Honour, in the south of England first to the Scottish Lowlands and the home of family friend Baron Bradwardine, then into the Highlands and the heart of the 1745 Jacobite uprising and aftermath.
Guy Mannering or The Astrologer is a novel published anonymously in 1815. Set in the period of the French Revolution, the novel's hero, Lovel, struggles to gain repute and the hand of his beloved despite his uncertain parentage. During these pursuits, he befriends the title's antiquary, Johnathan Oldbuck, who finds Lovel a captive audience to his scholarly studies and a tragic likeness to his own disappointments in love.
The Antiquary (1816) is a is Scott's gothic novel, redolent with family secrets, stories of hidden treasure and hopeless love, with a mysterious, handsome, young man, benighted aristocracy and a night-time funeral procession to a ruined abbey, no less. But the romance and mystery is counterpoised by some of Scott's more down-to-earth characters, and grittily unromantic events.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America.
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Ce recueil offre une immersion unique dans l’Écosse du XVIIIe siècle, à travers trois romans fondateurs du genre historique. Waverley explore la révolte jacobite de 1745, Guy Mannering mêle astrologie et quête identitaire, et The Antiquary révèle des secrets familiaux et des trésors cachés. Ces œuvres, enrichies par les notes et illustrations d’Andrew Lang, permettent de découvrir l’art narratif de Walter Scott, considéré comme le père du roman historique.
Les thèmes centraux incluent l’histoire et la politique (la révolte jacobite, les tensions entre l’Angleterre et l’Écosse), l’identité et l’héritage (quêtes de filiation, secrets familiaux), la société et les traditions (portraits de la noblesse, de la bourgeoisie et du peuple), ainsi que l’amour et le destin (passions contrariées, mariages arrangés). L’astrologie, l’archéologie et la superstition jouent aussi un rôle clé dans ces intrigues.
Ce recueil s’adresse aux amateurs de littérature classique, d’histoire européenne et de romans d’aventure. Il séduira aussi les lecteurs curieux de découvrir les origines du roman historique, ainsi que les étudiants en lettres ou en histoire. Les illustrations et les notes critiques d’Andrew Lang en font une édition idéale pour les passionnés d’éditions enrichies.
Vous pourrez interroger le smartbook sur les personnages (parcours d’Edward Waverley, rôle de Guy Mannering), les contextes historiques (la révolte jacobite, la société écossaise du XVIIIe siècle), les thèmes (l’identité, la fatalité, la tradition), ou encore les choix narratifs de Walter Scott. Les notes d’Andrew Lang pourront aussi éclairer votre lecture et vos questions sur l’œuvre.
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