Книга: The Pirate (Вальтер Скотт) ; Bookwire
Цены
Магазин | Цена | Наличие |
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Лабиринт 5/5 | ||
Читай-город 5/5 | ||
МАЙШОП 5/5 | Один из первых книжных интернет-магазинов, работающий с 2002 года | |
Описание
The circumstances in which «The Pirate» was composed have for the Editor a peculiar interest. He has many times scribbled at the old bureau in Chiefswood whereon Sir Walter worked at his novel, and sat in summer weather beneath the great tree on the lawn where Erskine used to read the fresh chapters to Lockhart and his wife, while the burn murmured by from the Rhymer's Glen. So little altered is the cottage of Chiefswood by the addition of a gabled wing in the same red stone as the older portion, so charmed a quiet has the place, in the shelter of Eildon Hill, that there one can readily beget the golden time again, and think oneself back into the day when Mustard and Spice, running down the shady glen, might herald the coming of the Sheriff himself. Happy hours and gone like that summer of 1821, whereof Lockhart speaks with an emotion the more touching because it is so rare,—
Смотри также Характеристики.
Яндекс.Маркет
О книге
Автор(ы) | Вальтер Скотт |
Издатель | Bookwire |
Форматы электронной версии | EPUB |
ISBN | 9783736410640 |
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