The Antiquary
by Sir Walter Scott
Taste attributes: historicaldramacomedyromanceslowwholesomelinearglossyemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshipunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA moving historical novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
"The third of Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley Novels, a series that included Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, The Antiquary is set in Scotland in the last years of the eighteenth century and centers around Jonathan Oldbuck, the antiquary, the closest to a self-portrait of any of Scott's characters."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Published
- 1816
- Pages
- 432
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- Open Library
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