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Books : Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( G ) : Galt, John
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The English branch of the family of Byron came in with William the Conqueror; and from that era they have continued to be reckoned among the eminent families of the kingdom under the names of Buron and Biron. It was not until the reign of Henry II. that they began to call themselves Byron or de Byron.
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The Entail, acclaimed as Galt's masterpiece, is the most ambitious of the Galtian 'theoretical histories'. In his Autobiography Galt states his unease with the term 'novel' to describe his work asserting that : "They would be more properly characterised, in several instances, as theoretical histories, than either as novels or romances. A consistent fable is as essential to a novel as a plot is to a drama, and yet those, which are deemed my best productions, are deficient in this essential ingredient." The Entail, as with the other theoretical histories, was conceived by Galt as a series of plotless studies of middle-class Scottish life but which would be linked to each other by the appearance of common characters and recurring themes. Under pressure from his publisher, William Blackwood, however, Galt had to relinquish this idea and reshaped his books in a more conventional story framework. The core concept of the theoretical history - whereby social and cultural changes within a particular environment are mapped out over a period of a significant number of years - remains evident in The Entail. Some of these major changes, condensed into a few lines, reflect huge shifts in the infrastructure of Scotland's society. John Galt, (1779 - 1839), was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Throughout his life he juggled the roles of businessman, author and colonial administrator. As Secretary to the Canada Company he founded the town of Guelph in 1827. On his return to Britain after a dispute with colonial authorities, he was imprisoned for several months. After involvement with various other colonial business ventures he retired to Greenock and published his Autobiography in 1833. He died in Greenock in 1839. Galt was a prolific author who produced works of various genres but remains best known for his works of prose fiction. The Entail formed part of Galt's remarkable literary output between 1820 and 1822 when The Ayrshire Legatees, Annals of the Parish, The Steamboat, The Provost, Sir Andrew Wylie and The Gathering of the West, had all been published.
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This year well deserved the name of the monumental year in our parish; for the young laird of the Breadland, that had been my pupil, being learning to be an advocate among the faculty in Edinburgh, with his lady mother, who had removed thither with the young ladies her daughters, for the benefit of education, sent out to be put up in the kirk, under the loft over the family vault, an elegant marble headstone.
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Written in 1813, this is one of the earliest regional and social novels. In it Galt realized his ambition "to write a book that would be for Scotland what The Vicar of Wakefield is for England." The text is based on the 1821 edition collated with the revision of 1822.
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THE warden of the castle being at his post, on the top of the highest tower, saw the army of Gog and Magog advancing over Cornhill, and instantly sounded an alarm. Humbug, with all his tyrannical qualities, was not deficient in personal courage.
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In Three Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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This masterpiece, “The Provost” by Galt consists of the historical views. Various important and interesting scenes and affairs are narrated in which the Provost had been personally engaged during his long magisterial life. Along with some important notes this is truly informative and engrossing!
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This masterpiece, “The Provost” by Galt consists of the historical views. Various important and interesting scenes and affairs are narrated in which the Provost had been personally engaged during his long magisterial life. Along with some important notes this is truly informative and engrossing!
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This masterpiece, “The Provost” by Galt consists of the historical views. Various important and interesting scenes and affairs are narrated in which the Provost had been personally engaged during his long magisterial life. Along with some important notes this is truly informative and engrossing!
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Work from the Scottish novelist who was one of the most famous writers of his time.
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I reflected the while of a minute before I made any reply, and then I said-- "I would hae na doubt of the matter, Mr. M'Lucre, could it be brought about to get you chosen for the delegate; but I fear, as ye are only Dean of Guild this year, that's no to be accomplished; and really, without the like of you, our borough, in the contest, may be driven to the wall."
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"Disputative neighbours made me their referee, and I became, as it were, an oracle that was better than the law, in so much that I settled their controversies without the expense that attends the same…"