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The Ayrshire Legatees

The Ayrshire Legatees

Galt, John

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ISBN10: 1161457062
ISBN13: 9781161457063
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.31 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Ayrshire Legatees is a novel written by John Galt, a Scottish novelist and entrepreneur. The book was first published in 1820 and is set in the early 19th century in Scotland. The story follows a group of six young people from Ayrshire who inherit a small fortune from their uncle, who had made his fortune in India. The group decides to embark on a journey to London to claim their inheritance, and the novel chronicles their adventures along the way.The Ayrshire Legatees is a humorous and satirical novel that pokes fun at the Scottish middle class and their aspirations to be part of the English upper class. The novel is written in a series of letters between the characters, which allows for a more intimate and personal look into their thoughts and feelings.Throughout the novel, the characters encounter a variety of eccentric and amusing characters, including a group of Quakers, a French dancing master, and a corrupt lawyer. The novel also explores themes of love, marriage, and social status.Overall, The Ayrshire Legatees is a witty and entertaining novel that provides a glimpse into Scottish society in the early 19th century. It is a classic work of Scottish literature and is still widely read and enjoyed today.On Sunday morning, before going to church, Mr. Micklewham called at the manse, and said that he wished particularly to speak to Mr. Snodgrass. Upon being admitted, he found the young helper engaged at breakfast, with a book lying on his table, very like a volume of a new novel called Ivanhoe, in its appearance, but of course it must have been sermons done up in that manner to attract fashionable readers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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