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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
March 2012
Print publication year:
2011
First published in:
1845
Online ISBN:
9781139060356
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139060356
Subjects:
Literature, Social and Population History, British History after 1450, English Literature 1830-1900, History
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
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Book description

First published in 1806, and revised and edited by her son for this 1845 sixth edition, this collection of letters by Anne Grant (1755–1838) tells her story of thirty years' residence in the Scottish Highlands. Described by the author as 'sketches of a life spent in the most remote obscurity', it was one of the first works to acquaint the public with the romantic scenery of the Highlands. Her lyrical descriptions of the landscape and characters of the rural parish of Laggan caught the imagination of a generation captivated by the poetry of Scott and Burns. Volume 1 begins with Anne McVicar's arrival in the Highlands, describes her marriage, and offers frank revelations of personal tragedies. The work is an important example of a woman's literary contribution to the Romantic movement. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/protected/svPeople?formname=r&person_id=granan.

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