Walter Scott
Peveril of the Peak
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Feb. 16, 2017)
Excerpt from Peveril of the Peak
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I ought to have mentionediin the'former editions ofithis romance thatharl'otte de la 1t Countess oqerby, repre'sentedfa'sta @atholic, was, in fabt, a frenctprotesta'nt; For misrepresenting the nobleé'dame' in) this manner, Ithave Only lucidhrexcusem-j Iaspokeiaccording'eto the trick. In a' steny, where the greaterlpartiisavowedlyrfictiion; the author is atllibertytto introduce suchavariations'from aotual°fact>fa§ his aplotfrequiresjoi which are calculated 'ito enhance! Itmin which'ipredieament the religiom Ofe'thé' Countess'n'of Derby: during the -pbplsh fplot, appeared tofall.' If I have'over'i esti'matédt'a r'omancar's' privilege'shnd immu'nitiesfill 1and afraid this is not the only'tnbr mostaimpoitantpcaselin which' To speakfbig words,3th'e heroic'counte'ss has far less' groundsr'for an action'of scandal' than the memory of Virgil mightlbeoliable 'to f0? His 'pdsthulnofis'écandal tot Dido.oq. A as name r'mi'l' ul. Ln'. Juli is! 11 *r'eup 3t he characterjoft/flenella, which, frbrnlits peculiarity, made' a'fav'ourable impressiontonlthe pnblic, was far from beinge originah.'sthe fine sk'etch'of Mignon in'wilhelm Lehrja'hrejla Ioelebrat'e'd worktfrom 'the pen' of Gbeth'eglgave the ideab'df shblfi'a 'heing'plbut the copyt'will betfolindogreatlyl different from? My greatrlprototypeht nor can Iabeia'ébused Of borrowing anything save the general idea fromz'annauthdr.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 0243382340 / 9780243382347
- Pages
- 826
- Weight
- 38.24 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 1.64 in.
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