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Weir of Hermiston; an unfinished romance

Although considered by many to be Robert Louis Stevenson's greatest work of literature, Weir of Hermiston was left unfinished by its author's untimely death in 1894. Archie Weir is estranged from his father, a harsh criminal court judge with no time for Archie's Romantic sensibilities. Sent to live as laird of a family property in Hermiston, Archie soon falls in love with a local girl named Kirstie.

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  • "Body-snatcher"@en
  • "Some unfinished stories"@en
  • "Some unfinished stories"
  • "Story of a lie"@en
  • "Weir di Hermiston"@it
  • "Weir of Hermiston"@it
  • "Misadventures of John Nicholson. The Story of a Lie. The body-snatchers"@en
  • "Misadventures of John Nicholson"@en
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  • "Stevenson's final novel, Weir of Hermiston was left incomplete at his death in 1894. Published in 1896, the story is set in Edinburgh and the Lothians against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Despite its unfinished status, the story of the young laird Archie Weir and his struggle to break free of his tyrannical father's influence is considered Stevenson's masterpiece."
  • "Although considered by many to be Robert Louis Stevenson's greatest work of literature, Weir of Hermiston was left unfinished by its author's untimely death in 1894. Archie Weir is estranged from his father, a harsh criminal court judge with no time for Archie's Romantic sensibilities. Sent to live as laird of a family property in Hermiston, Archie soon falls in love with a local girl named Kirstie."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Many have considered it his masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death from a cerebral hemorrhage. The novel is set in Edinburgh and the Lothians at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The novel tells the story of Archie Weir, a youth born into an upper-class Edinburgh family. Because of his Romantic sensibilities, Archie is estranged from his father, who is depicted as the coarse and cruel judge of a criminal court. By mutual consent, Archie is banished from his family of origin and sent to live as the loca."@en

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  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "English literature"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Online resources"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)"
  • "Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Weir of Hermiston. An unfinished romance"@en
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  • "Weir of Hermiston"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston"
  • "Die herren von Hermiston, roman"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : Some unfinished stories"
  • "Weir of Hermiston and other fragments"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston and other fragments"
  • "The Weir of Hermiston"
  • "Die herren von hermiston"
  • "Weir of Hermiston an unfinished romance"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston an unfinished romance"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : an unfinished romance. (And) The body-snatcher: (a short story)"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston : an unfinished romance"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston : an unfinished romance"
  • "Weir of Hermiston The Misadventures of John Nicholson, The Story of a lie, The Body-snatcher"
  • "I Weir di Hermiston : romanzo incompiuto"
  • "I Weir di Hermiston : romanzo incompiuto"@it
  • "Weir of Hermiston, etc"
  • "Weir of Hermiston; An Unfinished Romance. Television Version by Tom Wright"@en
  • "Weir di Hermiston"
  • "Weir di Hermiston"@it
  • "Die Herren von Hermiston Roman"
  • "Die Herren von Hermiston"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : (an unfinished romance)"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : (an unfinished romance) ; The body snatcher"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston. Some unfinished stories"
  • "Weir of Hermiston ; Some unfinished stories"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston ; Some unfinished stories"
  • "Weir of Hermiston. The misadventures of John Nicholson"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston : an unfinished romance, by Robert Louis Stevenson"
  • "Die herren von Hermiston : roman"
  • "Weir of Hermiston. An unfinished romance. [With an editorial note signed, S.C., i.e. Sidney Colvin.]"@en
  • "Die Herren von Hermiston : Roman"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : an Unfinished Romance"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : An unfinished romance"
  • "Weir of Hermiston : some unfinished stories"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston : some unfinished stories"
  • "Weir of Hermiston: some unfinished stories: Vol. X1V"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston : and other fragments"@en
  • "Weir of Hermiston: an unfinished romance"

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