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Novels.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Invented prose narratives of considerable length and a certain complexity that deal imaginatively with human experience through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.

Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of the manuscript of chapters 4 and 1-2 of 'Il bizarro, a Calabrian tale', an unpublished novel by Sir Walter Scott.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15558 [Mf.MSS.37]
Scope and Contents

There is a summary of the novel in ‘The journal of Sir Walter Scott’, page 709.

Dates: [1832.]

Microfilm of the manuscript of ‘The talisman’ by Sir Walter Scott.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15532 [Mf.MSS.38]
Scope and Contents

See Gillian Dyson, 'The manuscripts and proof sheets of Scott's Waverley novels', ‘Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions’, volume iv, part 1 (1960), page 35.

Dates: [1825, or before.]

Microfilm of typescripts and notes of ‘The witch’ by David Lindsay.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1693
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Typescript, ?1942, of chapter 20 of 'The witch' by David Lindsay (MS.27251);

Typescripts and notes, [?1942], chiefly of David Lindsay of 'The witch (MS.27252).

Dates: ?1942.

Microfilm of unfinished and untitled novel, [1805-1858]; and, lecture notes, 1811-1832, of George Combe.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1393
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Unfinished and untitled novel, [1805-1858], by George Combe, dealing with the childhood and early manhood of a boy who was anxious to go to sea (MS.7438);

Lecture notes, 1811-1832, of George Combe (MS.7439, folios 57-85).

Dates: [1805-1858.]

Original manuscript of the novel 'Malcolm' by George MacDonald, in volumes corresponding to the three volumes of the first edition.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.2559-2561
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is incomplete, wanting chapters 1-7 and the first paragraph of chapter 8 of volume i, and all after 'How am I to see? I shall be dead and' on page 317 of volume iii.

It has been much altered; the published work shows still further changes.

Dates: [1875, or before.]

Page proofs of the first editions of novels or portions of novels of Sir Walter Scott with extensive corrections and additions in Scott's hand.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3401-3404
Scope and Contents There are also many comments by James Ballantyne, pointing out mistakes or raising questions, in consequence of which Walter Scott frequently alters the text.The quantities of text contained in these proofs are indicated in the descriptions of the individual manuscripts by reference to pages of the volumes of the first editions.At the beginning of MS.3401 is inserted part of the catalogue of the 1868 sale of Cadell's collection of Scott manuscripts, at which all...
Dates: [1819, or before-1823, or before.]

Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Alasdair Gray relating to his novels, short stories and poetry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of:

'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Canongate, 1983);

'1982, Janine' (Cape, 1984);

'The fall of Kelvin Walker' (Canongate, 1985);

'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985);

'Old negatives' (Cape, 1989).

Dates: circa 1952-1984.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of Allan Campbell McLean.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12134
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, typescripts of novels, correspondence and financial papers.

Dates: 1960-1989.

Papers of and concerning Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10282/1-69
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.

Dates: 1916-1977.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Archibald J Cronin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10106
Scope and Contents

Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.

Dates: 1911-1978.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9045
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, a novel, autobiography, essays and articles.

Dates: 1964-1985.

Papers of Emma Tennant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9870
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, drafts and corrected typescripts of novels.

With some correspondence, 1978-1987, including letters of Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes and Liz Lochhead.

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of Ernest Nicholson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9373
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of novels, historical works and a report.

Dates: 1983-1990 and undated.

Papers of Ethel Ross concerning Willa and Edwin Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12592
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript of a novel and manuscript journal of Willa Muir.

Dates: 1939-1976.