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John Burnet of Barns: A RomanceJohn Buchan

John Burnet of Barns: A Romance

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Original author: John Buchan

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"John Burnet of Barns: A Romance" by John Buchan is a novel published in 1898. Written as an autobiography, it follows young John Burnet in seventeenth-century Scotland as he navigates friendship, scholarship, and romance with his neighbor Marjory Veitch. When his treacherous cousin Gilbert falsely denounces him as a traitor, John loses his lands and becomes a hunted outlaw in the Scottish Borders. He must fight to clear his name, rescue Marjory from Gilbert's schemes, and reclaim his rightful inheritance.

John Burnet of Barns: A Romance, by John Buchan. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #40014.

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46 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter382 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Adventure Which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck2,639 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The House of Barns3,146 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Spate in Tweed3,100 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: I Go to the College at Glasgow2,977 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Cousinly Affection4,270 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and Was Checkmated2,949 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Pegasus Inn at Peebles and How a Stranger Returned From the Wars3,001 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: I Take Leave of My Friends1,785 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion2,838 words
  11. 11.Chapter I: Of My Voyage to the Low Countries3,914 words
  12. 12.Chapter II: I Visit Master Peter Wishart3,284 words
  13. 13.Chapter III: The Story of a Supper Party2,572 words
  14. 14.Chapter IV: Our Adventure on the Alphen Road1,800 words
  15. 15.Chapter V: The First Sunday of March2,486 words
  16. 16.Chapter VI: The First Monday of March2,355 words
  17. 17.Chapter VII: I Spend My Days in Idleness2,701 words
  18. 18.Chapter VIII: The Coming of the Brig Seamaw2,063 words
  19. 19.Chapter IX: An Account of My Home-Coming1,109 words
  20. 20.Chapter I: The Pier O' Leith2,567 words
  21. 21.Chapter II: How I Rode to the South3,253 words
  22. 22.Chapter III: The House of Dawyck2,188 words
  23. 23.Chapter IV: How Michael Veitch Met His End1,678 words
  1. 24.Chapter V: I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills2,400 words
  2. 25.Chapter VI: The Cave of the Cor Water2,728 words
  3. 26.Chapter VII: How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts2,810 words
  4. 27.Chapter VIII: Of Our Wanderings Among the Moors of Clyde2,227 words
  5. 28.Chapter IX: I Part From Marjory1,958 words
  6. 29.Chapter X: Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Cleuch2,609 words
  7. 30.Chapter XI: How a Miller Strove with His Own Mill-Wheel2,665 words
  8. 31.Chapter XII: I Witness a Valiant Ending2,935 words
  9. 32.Chapter XIII: I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life2,732 words
  10. 33.Chapter XIV: I Fall in with Strange Friends2,044 words
  11. 34.Chapter XV: The Baillies of No Man's Land2,363 words
  12. 35.Chapter XVI: How Three Men Held a Town in Terror2,399 words
  13. 36.Chapter XVII: Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar2,318 words
  14. 37.Chapter XVIII: Smitwood3,049 words
  15. 38.Chapter I: I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde2,644 words
  16. 39.Chapter II: An Old Journey with a New Errand2,348 words
  17. 40.Chapter III: The House with the Chipped Gables2,078 words
  18. 41.Chapter IV: Up Hill and Down Dale2,526 words
  19. 42.Chapter V: Eaglesham3,011 words
  20. 43.Chapter VI: I Make My Peace with Gilbert Burnet3,254 words
  21. 44.Chapter VII: Of a Voice in the Eventide1,999 words
  22. 45.Chapter VIII: How Nicol Plenderleith Sought His Fortune Elsewhere1,868 words
  23. 46.Chapter IX: The End of All Things1,532 words