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The Bride Of Lammermoor
The Bride Of Lammermoor – Sir Walter Scott Although the period of this tragedy of Lammermoor is placed within the reign of William and Mary, the story (unlike most of the others) has little historical connection. It tells, instead, of the feud of two Scotch families, which—as in „Romeo and Juliet“—brings woe to two lovers […]
Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet – Sir Walter Scott In a historical sense “ Redgauntlet“ is a sequel to “ Waverley.“ It takes up the action some eighteen‘ years later, at „that point of time when the Chevalier Charles Edward, though fallen into the sere and yellow leaf, was yet meditating a second attempt, which could scarcely have been […]
The Talisman
The Talisman – Sir Walter Scott King Richard I, of England, known as ‚Lionheart‘, leads the Third Crusade to the Holy Land. A truce is declared between his forces and those of the Saracens under Saladin, just prior to the abandonment of the Crusade; and during this trucethe events of the present story take place. […]
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe – Sir Walter Scott The period of „Ivanhoe“ is a few months subsequent to „The Talisman.“ Richard I has abandoned his Crusade, and, after an incarceration in an Austrian prison returns to his English throne to find plots against him headed by his brother John, and also a general state of unrest. Normans and […]
The Pirate
The Pirate – Sir Walter Scott „The Pirate“ is not connected with historic annals, nor does it deal with the sea, except in an incidental way. It is a tale of neighborhood life off the northeast coast of Scotland. Basil Mertoun, a reticent and misanthropic man about which nothing is known, takes up his residence […]
Rob Roy
Rob Roy – Sir Walter Scott Rob Roy MacGregor was a historical figure—an outlaw who „owed his fame in a great measure to his residing on the very verge of the Highlands, and playing such pranks in the beginning of the eighteenth century as are usually ascribed to Robin Hood in the Middle Ages,—and that […]
Waverley
Waverley – Sir Walter Scott „Waverley“ is noteworthy not only in being the author’s first novel, but also because it gives a fine panorama of an important historic period. The story is written around the Jacobite insurrection of 1745, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in the endeavor to place his exiled father upon the […]
The Heart Of Midlothian
The Heart Of Midlothian – Sir Walter Scott The Porteous Riot, which occurred in Edinburgh during the reign of George II, is the historical rallying point of this story of Scotch middle life. The narrative, however, harks back several months and also extends forward some years; the present argument, therefore, will be more intelligible if […]