Project Gutenberg 2020-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 145 Scott, Walter 1771 1832 Scott, Sir Walter Malagrowther, Malachi Cleishbotham, Jedediah Templeton, Laurence Keller, Gerard 1829 1899 Robbert Roodhaar Translation of Rob Roy. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Robbert Roodhaar" by Walter Scott is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around its main character, Frans Osbaldistone, who is struggling with familial expectations and his own interests in literature and poetry rather than merging into the family business of commerce. The narrative promises to explore themes of personal identity, the tension between duty and passion, and cultural contrasts, particularly through the lens of familial conflict and expectations. At the start of the novel, we meet the aging Monsieur Thomas, who reflects on his past with a mix of bitterness and gratitude. He contemplates recounting his life’s adventures to a dear friend, highlighting the complexity of memory filled with both joy and sorrow. The story then shifts to Frans Osbaldistone, who is unexpectedly summoned home from Bordeaux to London by his father, leading to a tense reunion marked by their differing aspirations. Osbaldistone's father insists that he must follow in his footsteps in the family trading business, while Frans feels a strong pull towards academic endeavors and writing. This foundational conflict introduces the themes that will drive the narrative forward as Frans navigates his relationship with his father, his own ambition, and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Outlaws -- Fiction Rob Roy, 1671-1734 -- Fiction Scotland -- History -- 1689-1745 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 1135276 2025-06-25T04:39:45.502706 text/html 1114187 2024-10-18T04:39:49 text/html 2515396 2025-06-25T04:40:04.016603 application/epub+zip 2515177 2025-06-25T04:39:50.721644 application/epub+zip 559030 2025-06-25T04:39:47.570727 application/epub+zip 4741877 2025-06-25T04:40:12.846570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4625905 2025-06-25T04:40:01.046664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719481 2022-09-28T09:34:41.304091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 986355 2023-09-27T04:43:30.783278 text/plain 966416 2024-10-18T04:39:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17199 2025-06-25T04:40:13.006581 application/rdf+xml 22503 2025-06-25T04:39:47.712719 image/jpeg 3322 2025-06-25T04:39:47.643661 image/jpeg 2348365 2025-06-25T04:39:45.728681 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia