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Redgauntlet

Sir Walter Scott

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I implore of your candour to take it as it is meant. No one supposes that Mr. Fairford's zeal in his friend's service needs to be quickened by mercenary motives. 'But report says, that Mr. Alan Fairford, not having yet entered on his professional career, may, in such a case as this, want the means, though he cannot want the inclination, to act with promptitude. The enclosed note Mr. Alan Fairford must be pleased to consider as his first professional emolument; and she who sends it hopes it will be the omen of unbounded success, though the fee comes from a hand so unknown as that of 'GREEN MANTLE'.

A bank-note of L20 was the enclosure, and the whole incident left me speechless with astonishment. I am not able to read over the beginning of my own letter, which forms the introduction to this extraordinary communication. I only know that, though mixed with a quantity of foolery (God knows very much different from my present feelings), it gives an account sufficien. . . Read More

Community Reviews

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- Jessica - Mar 27, 2024

Oof! It’s been a while since I finished this, but review it nonetheless I must, to the best of my ability.

So this was a good story, a fine romp, and that was probably the novel’s defining feature – well, that and Scott’s immaculate style. But the latter I was already familiar with and expecting, wh

4.00
- Suni - Oct 16, 2021

3.5

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- John - Jun 22, 2020

The story follows the family Redgauntlet and portrays a fictional Jacobite uprising in 1765. The character Redgauntlet is chasing windmills with the Jacobite uprising and defeat in 1745-46 at Culloden a distant memory.

Redgauntlet also known as Herries of Birrenswork kidnaps his young nephew Darsie

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- Sean - Jun 05, 2018

It would be more accurate to say I liked roughly the final half. The first third of the book was letters exchanged between characters and DRY in the extreme. When the story of a fictional Jacobite uprising toward the end of 18th century finally got under way the book improved considerably. Readers m

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- Andreea - Nov 19, 2011

When I grow up I'm only going to study poetry. Having wrestled with Redgauntlet for over a week before I finally managed to finish it, now I'm not looking forward to having to read it again for my exams in a few weeks (and I should consider myself lucky if I only have to reread it once). No matter h

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