Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760–1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation. John Galt’s Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution.

Maps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British Isles See search resultsfor this author John Galt(Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars18 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. This edition of Annals of the Parish i by John Galt is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition × Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.

The appendices identify Galt’s real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the story Annals Of The Parish Hardcover Augby John Galt (Author) Visit Amazon's John Galt Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.

Includes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt’s biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is set.

Provides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel’s production and reception describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and published The Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty, was remarkable for three things in the parish of Dalmailing.-First and foremost, there was my placing. Paperback Maby John Galt (Author) 18 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 1.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 35.95 3 New from 35.95 Paperback 5.28 2 Used from 7.84 5 New from 5.28 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Reverend Balwidder is a simple man of very human strengths and weaknesses. The narrator, the Reverend Micah Balwidder, chronicles the everyday events, big and small, funny and tragic, of the parish of Dalmailing. Offers Galt’s most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish history John Galt 3.26 87 ratings16 reviews Set in rural Scotland of two hundred years ago, Annals of the Parish is a quiet gem of a novel.

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