The master of Ballantrae.
Description
- Main Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
- Language(s)
- English
- Published
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New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1905.
- Subjects
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Revenge.
Inheritance and succession.
Brothers.
Absence and presumption of death.
Revenge > Revenge / Fiction.
Brothers > Brothers / Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Inheritance and succession / Fiction.
Absence and presumption of death > Absence and presumption of death / Fiction.
Scotland.
Scotland > Scotland / History > Scotland / History / 18th century > Scotland / History / 18th century / Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
- Summary
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Set in 18th century Scotland, it is an exploration of the nature and relationship between good and evil. In many ways, this is a parallel book to Jekyll and Hyde. In Master, the different aspects of human moral behavior are explored in conflict and relationship of 2 brothers, one charismatic and amoral, the other, stolid and virtuous. This is primarily a psychological novel of family tragedy brought about by the characters of the 2 bothers in a conflict ignited by the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Stevenson does an excellent job of handling the characters and plot. As with his other work, there is a nice depiction of 18th century Scotland. --R. Albin at Amazon.com.
- Physical Description
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369 pages
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