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The Bride of Lammermoor: The Works of Sir Walter Scott

The Bride of Lammermoor: The Works of Sir Walter Scott

Scott, Walter

Hardcover

Mystery & ThrillerHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161412719
ISBN13: 9781161412710
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 418
Weight: 2.07
Height: 0.94 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Bride of Lammermoor is a classic novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819. Set in Scotland in the late 17th century, the story follows the tragic love affair between Lucy Ashton, the daughter of a noble family, and Edgar Ravenswood, the last of his family's line. Despite the enmity between their families, Lucy and Edgar fall deeply in love, but their happiness is short-lived as their families' feud escalates and tragedy strikes. The novel explores themes of love, honor, revenge, and the destructive power of family conflict. The Bride of Lammermoor is a haunting and powerful tale of doomed love, and is considered one of Scott's greatest works.1905. Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well-read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. Dark omens shadow the romance of Edgar, Master of Ravenwood, and Lucy Ashton, daughter of the man who through force dispossessed the Ravenwood family of their ancestral home. Scott's gothic romance weaves the personal and historic in a tale of love and revenge set amidst the political factionalism of Scotland after the Act of Union of 1707. See the many other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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