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Scottish Supernatural Classics

Author : James Hogg
Publisher : Palimpsest Book Production Limited
ISBN 13 : 191048606X
Total Pages : 1251 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Supernatural Classics written by James Hogg and published by Palimpsest Book Production Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 1251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Scottish lost treasures collection of three classic Scottish supernatural novels, each offering a superbly plotted and descriptive narrative. Bundled by subject matter, the books complement each other to create a compelling trilogy. "Palimpsest's eClassics series, Scottish Lost Treasures, shows us how much poorer Britain's cultural heritage would be without Scottish writers ... The best example I've seen of how curation and presentation can bring old books to new audiences" - The Observer "This strikes me as a fantastic venture, and one I hope will expand further" - Professor Willy Maley, University of Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday

Scottish Ghost Stories

Author : Elliott O'Donnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Ghost Stories written by Elliott O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tales for Twilight

Author : Alistair W.J. Kerr
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854713
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Tales for Twilight written by Alistair W.J. Kerr and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales for Twilight offers a spine-tingling selection of unnerving tales by writers from James Hogg in the early eighteenth century to James Robertson, very much alive in the twenty-first. Scottish authors have proved to be exceptionally good at writing ghost stories. Perhaps it's because of the tradition of oral storytelling that has stretched over centuries, including poems and ballads with supernatural themes. The golden age was during the Victorian and Edwardian period, but the ghost story has continued to evolve and remains popular to this day. Includes stories from Sir Walter Scott, George Mackay Brown, Muriel Spark, Margaret Oliphant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy Boothby, Algernon Blackwood, Eileen Bigland, Ronald Duncan, James Robertson and Ian Rankin.

The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Calder Publications Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott written by Walter Scott and published by Calder Publications Limited. This book was released on 1977 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland

Author : Julian Goodare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526134424
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland written by Julian Goodare and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances. And it is about the cultural, religious, political and social uses to which people in Scotland put these supernatural themes between 1500 and 1800. The supernatural consistently provided Scots with a way of understanding topics such as the natural environment, physical and emotional wellbeing, political events and visions of past and future. In exploring the early modern supernatural, the book has much to reveal about how men and women in this period thought about, debated and experienced the world around them. Comprising twelve chapters by an international range of scholars, The supernatural in early modern Scotland discusses both popular and elite understandings of the supernatural.

The Supernatural Highlands

Author : Francis Thompson
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780946487318
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book The Supernatural Highlands written by Francis Thompson and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of Scottish Gaelic folklore asks what the Otherworld meant to the Highlander. This is an authoritative exploration of Highland belief systems, with insights into the evil eye, witchcraft, ghosts, fairies and other supernatural beings -- all previously overlooked as superstition.

Scottish Fairy Tales

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486142930
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Fairy Tales written by Donald A. Mackenzie and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charming collection of ancient and modern Scottish stories includes "Battle of the Fairy Kings," "Conall and the Thunder Hag," "In the Kingdom of Seals," "The Maid-of-the-Wave," and many more. 34 illustrations.

Thrawn Janet

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Modernista
ISBN 13 : 9180949185
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Thrawn Janet written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small Scottish village the Reverends housekeeper is rumoured to be involved with witchcraft. As strange and terrifying events unfold, the villagers' darkest fears come to life. Stevenson's masterful use of the Scots dialect and atmospheric setting enhances the eerie and unsettling mood of this gothic narrative. »Thrawn Janet« is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, originally published in 1881. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [1850–1894] was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. He is among the 30 most translated authors of all time and has been praised by Marcel Proust, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Ernest Hemingway, and Bertolt Brecht. Treasure Island is his most famous work, along with the gothic sci-fi novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.

Classic Scottish Short Stories

Author : James Macarthur Reid
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192826862
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Classic Scottish Short Stories written by James Macarthur Reid and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers stories by Sir Walter Scott, George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir James Barrie, and John Buchan

The Secret Commonwealth

Author : Robert Kirk
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681373572
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Commonwealth written by Robert Kirk and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic, enchanting document of Scottish folklore about fairies, elves, and other supernatural creatures. Late in the seventeenth century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, set out to collect his parishioners’ many striking stories about elves, fairies, fauns, doppelgängers, wraiths, and other beings of, in Kirk’s words, “a middle nature betwixt man and angel.” For Kirk these stories constituted strong evidence for the reality of a supernatural world, existing parallel to ours, which, he passionately believed, demanded exploration as much as the New World across the seas. Kirk defended these views in The Secret Commonwealth, an essay that was left in manuscript when he died in 1692. It is a rare and fascinating work, an extraordinary amalgam of science, religion, and folklore, suffused with the spirit of active curiosity and bemused wonder that fills Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy and the works of Sir Thomas Browne. The Secret Commonwealth is not only a remarkable document in the history of ideas but a study of enchantment that enchants in its own right. First published in 1815 by Sir Walter Scott, then reedited in 1893 by Andrew Lang, with a dedication to Robert Louis Stevenson, The Secret Commonwealth has long been difficult to obtain—available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. This new edition modernizes the spelling and punctuation of Kirk’s little book and features a wide-ranging and illuminating introduction by the critic and historian Marina Warner, who brings out the originality of Kirk’s contribution and reflects on the ongoing life of fairies in the modern mind.

Haunted Scotland

Author : Roddy Martine
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 9781841587400
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Scotland written by Roddy Martine and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2010 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roddy Martine looks beyond the everyday world in this thought-provoking selection of real-life encounters with the supernatural. Based on personal experience and interviews with those who have witnessed all manner of paranormal activity, Haunted Scotland is a fascinating glimpse into a world unexplainable by the laws of science, and includes spine-chilling cases of hauntings, time slips, exorcisms, reincarnation, omens and witchcraft from all parts of Scotland.

Scottish Ghosts

Author : Lily Seafield
Publisher : Waverley Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781902407869
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Ghosts written by Lily Seafield and published by Waverley Books Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will be introduced to some of Scotland s best ghosts and haunted sites

The Last Highlander: Scotland’s Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel & Double Agent

Author : Sarah Fraser
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007302649
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Last Highlander: Scotland’s Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel & Double Agent written by Sarah Fraser and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF OUTLANDER The true story of one of Scotland’s most notorious and romantic heroes.

Scottish Myths

Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Flame Tree 451
ISBN 13 : 9781839641701
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Myths written by J.K. Jackson and published by Flame Tree 451. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of Scottish mythology was imported by settlers arriving from across the Irish Sea, and so Scottish mythology in large part shares its characters and tales with the mythology of Ireland, from the Ulster Cycle featuring Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, and the great hero Cúchulainn, to the adventures of Fionn mac Cumhaill. But Scotland also possesses its own folklore and tales featuring kings, water spirits, selkies, sea monsters and fairies, not to mention some Arthurian myths native to this land. From the Gaelic heroism of 'Conall Cra Bhuidhe', tales of fairy folk such as 'The Smith and the Fairies' and the classic ghost story of 'The Fiddler and the Bogle of Bogandoran', to traditional fables ('The Fox and the Wolf') and a tale of unrequited love, murder and rescue ('A Legend of Invershin'), this entertaining collection gathers the ancient myths and fairy tales featuring all manner of creatures into a uniquely Caledonian set of stories. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Outlander

Author : Diana Gabaldon
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440335167
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Outlander written by Diana Gabaldon and published by Dell. This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series • An interview with Diana Gabaldon • An Outlander reader’s guide Praise for Outlander “Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle “History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News

The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories

Author : Douglas Dunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199556547
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories written by Douglas Dunn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story.Douglas Dunn's eclectic selection displays the marvellous range of Scottish story-telling, beginning with three early traditional tales, and including a wealth of writers from the last three centuries: amongst them Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Violet Jacob, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, and younger talents such as Ronald Frame, Janice Galloway, and A. L. Kennedy.

Supernatural Buchan

Author : John Buchan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846771514
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Buchan written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supernatural Buchan - Stories of Ancient Spirits uncanny places and strange creatures. Buchan's stories of solid characters clad in tweeds and braving all odds armed only with a stout walking stick have become popular classics. Perhaps it is therefore no surprise that the same character types populate his highly entertaining tales of the strange and weird - here collected into a feast of supernatural delights. In a Buchan story the hauntings and other manifestations are far more subtle than the usual blood-curdling phantoms. The author brings finely crafted detail and a profound sense of the spirit of landscape (specially that of his native Scotland) and place to locales that are as disparate as the stories themselves. Whether they are acknowledged or not, ancient other-worldly creatures, deities and people intrude into Buchan's settings to influence and effect the lives of "modern" man. These wonderful tales of hidden threat and menace make dealing with the mundane concerns of our own world seem like child's play.