02258cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000290012624500520015526400510020730000470025833600260030533700260033133800360035750000310039350800960042452011980052053400450171865300400176365300410180370000450184485600430188960455UtSlPG20260610134408.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a07006768  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aLegge, Clayton Mackenzie10aHighland Mary: The Romance of a Poet :bA Novel 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2019-10-08  aProduced by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet" by Clayton Mackenzie Legge is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers around Robert Burns, a renowned Scottish poet, and his poignant relationships, particularly with Mary Campbell, known as Highland Mary, as well as Jean Armour. It weaves historical and fictional elements to portray the romantic and often tumultuous life of Burns, capturing themes of love, duty, and artistic ambition.  The opening of the novel sets the stage in a quaint Scottish cottage where Mrs. Burns, Robert's mother, is preparing for an evening meal while two local characters, Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny, add comic relief with their jests and hearty complaints about life. As the surroundings are rendered in rich detail, the impending arrival of Robert, who has been away in Irvine, creates a sense of anticipation. In these early pages, the groundwork for the relationships among the characters is established, hinting at the complexities of love and the contrast between Robert's aspirations as a poet and the practicalities of farm life, foreshadowing the emotional and narrative developments to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aBurns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Fiction  aCampbell, Mary, 1764-1786 -- Fiction1 aKirkpatrick, William Arber-Brown,d1880-40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60455