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1 de dez. de 1995 · Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Fathers and sons -- Fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Young men -- Fiction Subject: Country life -- Fiction Subject: Scotland -- Fiction Subject: Judges -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 380: Release Date ...
An unfinished novel by R. L. Stevenson, published 1896. Archie Weir is the only child of Adam Weir, Lord Hermiston, the lord justice clerk, a formidable ‘hanging judge’, based on the character of Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield (1722–99), known as ‘the Jeffrey of Scotland’. His mother, a pale, ineffectual, religious woman, dies young ...
R.L. Stevenson’s Weir of HermistonA powerful story of family rebellion and forbidden love - set in Edinburgh and the Borders in the early 19th century. Steve...
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1 de jan. de 2009 · The Floating Press, Jan 1, 2009 - Fiction - 206 pages. Although considered by many to be Robert Louis Stevenson's greatest work of literature, Weir of Hermiston was left unfinished by its author's untimely death in 1894. Archie Weir is estranged from his father, a harsh criminal court judge with no time for Archie's Romantic sensibilities.
Hermiston, le juge pendeur ( Weir of Hermiston) est un roman inachevé de Robert Louis Stevenson, dont l'histoire se déroule en Écosse, au début du xixe siècle. Sa rédaction a été interrompue par la mort soudaine de Stevenson, en 1894. Cet ouvrage a connu une nouvelle traduction en français en 1993 (Le Livre de Poche Biblio) sous le ...
Weir of Hermiston, 1896. Summary. In Weir of Hermiston, Adam Weir marries Jeannie Rutherford of Hermiston. Weir is the Lord Justice Clerk (the most senior judge in Scotland), a severe and gruff man who uses coarse language and likes his drink. Jeannie, on the other hand is “pious, anxious, tender, tearful, and incompetent” (p. 162).
6 de abr. de 2008 · Weir of Hermiston ... by Robert Louis Stevenson. Publication date 1896 Publisher C. Scribner's Sons Collection americana Book from the collections of
