{"product_id":"2940014625081","title":"The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV\u0026#x2019;s Time Volumes 1 and 2","description":"The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV’s Time by Johannes Scotus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Two Volumes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolumes 1 and 2\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11.[D]\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24.[H]\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26.\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe objection may be raised that, as the major part of this Romance takes place during the Regency, such a title as:--”The Weird of the Wentworths; a Tale of George IV.’s Time,”--is inappropriate. When, however, it is considered that the Regent was king in all but name, and the manners, customs, and habits differed little after his accession, the inadvertency will be explained.\u003cbr\u003eIn case of exception being taken to the language and sentiments of some characters introduced into the tale, the Author thinks it sufficient to say he utterly repudiates them! Oaths and ribaldry are, unfortunately, the concomitants of a depraved mind; and, in delineating faithfully the darker side of human nature, the Author felt himself compelled to sketch much that has passed under his own observation, and much that he has gleaned from the treatment of such characters by many distinguished novelists, not omitting our northern luminary, Sir Walter Scott.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe moral of the Romance being the triumph of virtue over vice, and truth over falsehood, he trusts that those fair readers, who may indulge his work with a perusal, will avoid the dark, and embrace the bright traits of the other sex; and, marking the gradual development of rectitude in the character of his heroine, magnify their own by adhering fixedly to the path of duty and moral conduct, amid all temptations to swerve from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Author trusts that those noble families, whose names he has chosen as his beaux ideals, will kindly dismiss all personal associations from their minds, and simply give to the synonyms (which his not unpardonable preference led him to select) that weight which will ever attach itself in the eyes of the world, to the great, when also good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is one more point which may give rise to discussion--the rapid and violent deaths occurring in one family. The WEIRD, which, though kept in the background, is the mainspring of the tale, might explain this; but that such catastrophes are not beyond the region of possibility, the Author begs to remind his readers that in more than one family of rank, whose names both his sympathy and delicacy forbid any allusion to, such misfortunes and fates have actually happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the death-scenes, and very many of the traditions and incidents embodied in the work, are taken from real life, which often far surpasses fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePortobello, near EDINBURGH\u003cbr\u003eJune 19th, 1862.","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080298414320,"sku":"2940014625081","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014625081","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}