··· lezzter Preis 0.99€ ··· 9783849645410 ··· 1036145478 ··· This is the fully illustrated and extended annotated edition including a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, his life and works plus a wealth of illustrations. `The Surgeon`s Daughter` is chiefly remarkable for its disregard of the unities of time and place. Though one of the shorter novels, its action extends through more than a quarter of a century, involving a great variety of characters and scenes widely remote, in all of which action the `Daughter` herself is little more than a lay figure. Dr. Gideon Gray, an estimable Scotch village surgeon, gives professional attention in his home to a masked lady, to whom a son is born. The lady proves to be Zilia de Mongada, daughter of a proud Portuguese Jew, who soon after reclaims her, but leaves her illegitimate child in the care of the surgeon. He is christened Richard Middlemas-the last being the name of the village-and grows up under the good practitioner`s roof with more or less exaggerated ideas of his obscure parentage. The surgeon`s only daughter, Menie, is his constant playmate, and when the two young people are barely grown they plight their troth ... Hersteller: Jazzybee Verlag Marke: Jazzybee Verlag EAN: 9783849645410 Kat: Nonbooks/Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur/Historische Romane, Erzählungen Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar Versandkosten: Ab 20¤ Versandkostenfrei in Deutschland Icon: https://www.inforius-bilder.de/bild/?I=y4z5wBXfI%2FdUuahKXsIgXHL6pIP7JoVslG6fV4xdYkI%3D Bild: