Robert Burns [Hardcover]

Robert Burns (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

1996 is bi-centenary of Burns death. The collection celedrates him as Scotlandsfinest lyric poet.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785813330
• ISBN-13: 978-0785813330
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Brief definitions in margin facilitate understanding., October 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Robert Burns Eman Poet Lib #16 (Everyman Poetry) (Paperback)

Robert Burns uses a lot of Scots words, but any word you don't understand is defined in this edition in the margin right alongside the poem. So reading is smooth and very enjoyable. A great introduction to Robert Burns, and a good companion to other volumes. "Cutty Sark" means skimpy petticoat!!

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toom your pocks an' put this beuk in't, January 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Robert Burns Eman Poet Lib #16 (Everyman Poetry) (Paperback)

I need Burns beside me as I live life, and this is a great one-volume collection of his greatest works in a convenient format. Glossed well; you won't have to use an index at the back of the book. Here's tae ye, Rabbie!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars no definitions, June 8, 2006

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This review is from: Robert Burns (Hardcover)

The other evaluators of this book must have read a different book! This is a beautiful, hardcover book with a vast assortment of Burns' poetry; however, there are no definitions in the margin. There is a glossary in the back, but I bought this book believing that the definitions were listed with each poem (thereby making them easier to read), and they are not.