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The Provost
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May 31, 2014
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June 2, 2014
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Janet
Aug 22, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This book was very early (written in 1822) political satire. Reading it you realize that the more things change the more they remain the same. Political corruption has gone on forever and will likely never go away. It was amusing(but very sad)reading Mr. Pawkie's (the main character) constant bragging of all his good works for the town and realizing that most was for his own betterment. The story took place in Scotland and there was heavy use of old Scottish dialect. This made the story more aut ...more