First published in 1822, The Entail is Galt's most ambitious novel. This book is a horrifying study of obsession in which a Glasgow merchant victimizes his family members one by one. After Galt's death his publishers quietly modified the text. This edition restores the original text of 1822.
- ISBN10 0192816942
- ISBN13 9780192816948
- Publish Date 1 September 1984 (first published 9 April 1970)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
- Format Paperback
- Pages 436
- Language English