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Allan Ramsay

by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical14 chapters
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About this book

In 18th-century Edinburgh, a talented young wigmaker and poet navigates the vibrant city’s literary circles and a blossoming romance with the cultured Christian Ross, set against the backdrop of society, wit, and artistic ambition.

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14 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01ALLAN RAMSAY · Ch.1Free
02PREFACE
03CHAPTER I THE FAMILY TREE
04CHAPTER II HIS APPRENTICESHIP; A BURGESS OF THE TOWN—1701-7
05CHAPTER III SCOTLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; THE UNION; RAMSAY'S MARRIAGE—1707-12
06CHAPTER IV THE EASY CLUB; EARLY POEMS; EDINBURGH OF LAST CENTURY—1712-16
07CHAPTER V THE FAVOURITE AT THE 'FOUR-OORS'; FROM WIGMAKER TO BOOKSELLER; THE QUARTO OF…
08CHAPTER VI RAMSAY AS AN EDITOR; THE 'TEA-TABLE MISCELLANY' AND THE 'EVERGREEN'—1721-25
09CHAPTER VII 'THE GENTLE SHEPHERD'; SCOTTISH IDYLLIC POETRY; RAMSAY'S PASTORALS—1725-30
10CHAPTER VIII RESTING ON HIS LAURELS; BUILDS HIS THEATRE; HIS BOOK OF 'SCOTS…
11CHAPTER IX CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE; HIS HOUSE ON CASTLEHILL; HIS FAMILY; HIS…
12CHAPTER X RAMSAY AS A PASTORAL POET AND AN ELEGIST

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