Publisher's Synopsis
This year sees the launch of the Pocket Classics, a series of short works for pleasurable reading in a pocket-sized format. These books offer an intriguing and original mixture of new and varied reading experiences from a wide range of Scottish writing from different genres and all periods. Think of them as a reintroduction to the impact of the finest writing, whether non-fiction, poetry, short stories or novellas.
Fourteen of the best loved and best known of Burns's poems and songs are here available in a pocket-sized volume with an accompanying Scots glossary. From 'Tam o' Shanter' to 'My Love is like a Red Red Rose'; from 'Holy Willie's Prayer' to 'A Man's a Man for a' That'; from 'To a Haggis' to 'Auld Lang Syne' - here is the essential Burns.