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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Archived by the National Library of New Zealand. Title from PDF cover (viewed on Mar. 11, 2010). Originally published in 1896. Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 electronic document (180 pages)) |
| ISBN: | 9781775414209 1775414205 |