With like many great works of art, 'Frankenstein' was initially misunderstood. The first reviews were decidedly mixed. An anonymous review in The Literary Panorama and National Register published June 1 1818 dismissed Shelley's work as 'a feeble imitation of one that was very popular in its day.' Other periodicals were kinder. Writing in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine on 20 March 1818, Walter Scott praised the unusual Gothic Romance as a "tale, though wild in incident, is written in plain and forcible English, without exhibiting that mixture of hyperbolical Germanisms with which tales of...
With like many great works of art, 'Frankenstein' was initially misunderstood. The first reviews were decidedly mixed. An anonymous review in The Lite...
The Waverley Novels by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1860 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
The Waverley Novels by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1860 and may have some imperfections such as marks ...
The lay of the last minstrel. A poem, in six cantos by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1888 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
The lay of the last minstrel. A poem, in six cantos by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1888 and may have s...
Lorsque les deux personnages principaux de ce roman, deux presbyteriens, soumettent leurs problemes moraux a la lumiere de leur foi, leurs attitudes sont tres differentes. Le fanatique Davie Deans s'emberlificote dans une casuistique verbeuse, alambiquee, avant de se laisser tout simplement submerger par l'amour paternel. Sa fille Jeanie, au contraire, a une certitude directe, sobre, lumineuse, intransigeante. Elle laisse condamner a mort sa propre s ur plutot que de produire le faux temoignage qui la sauverait. Ce roman est considere de nos jours comme le plus subtil des romans de Scott,...
Lorsque les deux personnages principaux de ce roman, deux presbyteriens, soumettent leurs problemes moraux a la lumiere de leur foi, leurs attitudes s...
Readings from the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Readings from the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some imperfections ...
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott - Vol. III by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1822 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott - Vol. III by Walter Scott. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1822 and may have som...
