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Such questions do not reveal a weakness in the story , but enhance the sense of mystery as the reader contemplates with wonder the forces at work in nature . The ancient story of the Flying Dutchman , condemned to sail the world for ...
Such questions do not reveal a weakness in the story , but enhance the sense of mystery as the reader contemplates with wonder the forces at work in nature . The ancient story of the Flying Dutchman , condemned to sail the world for ...
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In setting his story in Scotland at the time of the Reformation , Scott had chosen a magnificent theme , and an environment which he knew intimately . Yet the story was a failure , partly because when he ...
In setting his story in Scotland at the time of the Reformation , Scott had chosen a magnificent theme , and an environment which he knew intimately . Yet the story was a failure , partly because when he ...
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Unlike Mary , Elizabeth was not a favourite character with Scott , but he chose a story which had an obvious parallel with that of his former novel . The death of Darnley , and Mary's subsequent marriage with Bothwell , might be ...
Unlike Mary , Elizabeth was not a favourite character with Scott , but he chose a story which had an obvious parallel with that of his former novel . The death of Darnley , and Mary's subsequent marriage with Bothwell , might be ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
Copyright | |
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