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The Monastery

The Monastery

Scott, Walter

Hardcover

Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1636372058
ISBN13: 9781636372051
Publisher: Bibliotech Pr
Published: Nov 11 2022
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.27
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Monastery: a Romance (1820) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set in the Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve of the Reformation, it is centred on Melrose Abbey.


Scott had been contemplating The Monastery before August 1819, and it seems likely that he started writing it in that month while the production of Ivanhoe was at a standstill because of shortage of paper. He had determined on the title by the middle of the month. It also seems likely that he took up composition again shortly after finishing Ivanhoe in early November. He made good progress, and the third and final volume was at the press by the end of February 1820. Originally the story was intended to include Mary Queen of Scots, but a decision to reserve the later material for a second novel (The Abbot) was probably made before composition resumed in November.

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