The Omen

by John Galt, David J. Knight (Editor), Steph Yates (Illustrator)

From John Galt, voluminous writer, first political novelist in the English language, father of a father of Confederation, relative of Edgar Allen Poe, buddy of Lord Byron, and founder of the fair city of Guelph comes a true gothic horror novel, The Omen. David J. Knight has transcribed the book, written a foreword, added footnotes, and included two contemporary reviews including one by Sir Walter Scott. First published in 1825, this new edition features incredible linocut illustrations by Steph Yates.

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1825

About the author

John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. He was the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution and he has been called the first political novelist in the English language.

In 1820 Galt began to write for Blackwoods Magazine which published Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees in 1821, The Provost and Sir Andrew Wylie in 1822, and The Entail in 1823. His novel Ringan Gilhaize (1823) offers a very different perspective on Scotland's Covenanting period to Walter Scott's The Tale of Old Mortality (1816).

Galt was instrumental in establishing the Canada Company, which was granted a charter in 1826 and bought almost 2.5 million acres of land from the British Government with a view to selling it on in individual plots to settlers. He founded the cities of Guelph and Goderich in Ontario. His novels Lawrie Tod (1830) and Bogle Corbet (1831) are concerned with the settlement of North America.

Reviews

[Glenn Blake · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ethereal and philosophical. This would appeal to readers who enjoy the Sturm und Drang German romantic era of writing, which I am not one of them; finding this too airy-fairy for me