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Weir of Hermiston
novel by Stevenson
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- Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance
Weir of Hermiston, fragment of an uncompleted novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, published posthumously in 1896. Stevenson used the novel in part as an effort to understand his youthful quarrel with his own father. Rich in psychological characterizations, with masterful dialogue and a beautiful prose style, the novel is often considered Stevenson’s masterpiece. The novel relates the story of Adam Weir, a strict Scottish judge who banishes his rebellious son Archie to their moorland estate of Hermiston for publicly disagreeing with one of his father’s sentences. Stevenson’s story breaks off after Kirstie Elliott severs her love affair with Archie because ...(100 of 141 words)