Weir of Hermiston /
In Stevenson's tale of father - son confrontation, the father, Adam Weir, is modelled on Lord Braxfield, the eighteenth-century 'hanging judge'. Weir, a 'risen man' who has married a wealthy but weak woman, is both feared and respected, not least by his own son, Archie. At a...
| Основен автор: | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
℗♭2009.
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| Резюме: |
In Stevenson's tale of father - son confrontation, the father, Adam Weir, is modelled on Lord Braxfield, the eighteenth-century 'hanging judge'. Weir, a 'risen man' who has married a wealthy but weak woman, is both feared and respected, not least by his own son, Archie. At a public hanging, Archie speaks out against capital punishment, knowing that it was his own father who sentenced the man. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (1 electronic document (180 pages)) |
| ISBN: |
9781775414209 1775414205 |