Project Gutenberg 2010-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 55 Wilson, John Mackay 1804 1835 Leighton, Alexander 1800 1874 Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 15 Produced by David Clarke, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 15" by Wilson and Leighton is a collection of historical and imaginative narratives written in the late 19th century. This volume presents a tapestry of tales steeped in Scottish folklore, weaving the lives, struggles, and moral lessons inherent to the people of the Borders and Scotland. The stories delve into themes of nostalgia, societal transformation, and the intersection of history and tradition. The opening of the collection introduces the character of Roger Rutherford, a village patriarch who embodies the spirit of his community and its past. As he shares his recollections with a stranger, he paints a vivid picture of his homeland, A----, highlighting its beauty and the changes that have unfolded over the years. He reflects on the impact of whisky and moral degradation, revealing the tension between tradition and progress as the village evolves with the arrival of new influences. Rutherford’s tale serves to evoke a longing for the simplicity of the past while acknowledging the complexities of modernity that challenge the fabric of village life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 578465 578488 2024-09-14T10:34:28.477639 2023-09-15T05:43:31.937682 text/html text/html 581056 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 220481 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 293252 2024-09-14T10:34:36.559644 application/epub+zip 299087 2024-09-14T10:34:30.557587 application/epub+zip 299088 2024-09-14T10:34:29.457668 application/epub+zip 572610 2024-09-14T10:34:41.456558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552939 2024-09-14T10:34:35.764555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553221 2022-09-15T13:55:12.510480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557034 556936 2024-09-14T10:34:27.755648 2023-09-15T05:43:31.257646 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 556857 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 215830 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 556849 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 215804 2021-01-07T03:37:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20867 2024-09-14T10:34:41.601526 application/rdf+xml 24212 2024-09-14T10:34:29.822611 image/jpeg 5010 2024-09-14T10:34:29.636656 image/jpeg 288844 2024-09-14T10:34:28.530681 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia