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The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819, one of the Waverley novels. The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, shortly before the Act of Union of 1707 (in the first edition), or shortly after the Act (in the 'Magnum' edition of 1830). It tells of a tragic love affair between ...
- Walter Scott
- 1819
The bride was then sought for. She was found in the corner of the large chimney, having no covering save her shift, and that dabbled in gore. There she sat grinning at them, mopping and mowing, as I heard the expression used; in a word, absolutely insane. The only words she spoke were, "Tak up your bonny bridegroom."
Jul 14, 2024 · The Bride of Lammermoor’s Acropolis is sex, as such: the novel’s various doubles, the ‘il y en a deux!’ hauntings and repuplications, the mirrored perspectives of the practical and the ...
Walter Scott, J.H. Alexander (Editor), Kathryn Sutherland (Introduction) 3.65. 2,063ratings199reviews. Kindle $4.99. Rate this book. This is a story of national change and personal tragedy. For Lucy Ashton and Edgar Ravenswood, acts of heroism are thwarted and love is doomed by social, political and historical division.
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The Bride of Lammermoor stands out as Sir Walter Scott's most tragic work, closely aligning with the Gothic novel tradition. These novels gained immense popularity during the late 18th and early ...
The Bride of Lammermoor is based on a real-life family tragedy that Scott had heard as a boy from his maternal great-aunt Margaret Swinton and which became one of his mother's favourite fireside tales. Scott's heroine Lucy Ashton, derives from Janet Dalrymple, daughter of the great jurist James Dalrymple, first Viscount Stair.
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Summary. Sir William Ashton, the new master of the Ravenswood estate, is delighted to hear of the disturbances at the late Lord Ravenswood’s funeral. He hopes that the brave stand of Edgar, the ...
