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The Monastery

The Monastery

Fielding, Penny
Scott, Walter

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 0748605746
ISBN13: 9780748605743
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Jan 9 2001
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humour. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts the monastery of Kennaquhair (a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott's own home at Abbotsford) on the verge of dissolution, and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order. Highlights of the narrative include a moving encounter between two representatives of opposing sides in the Reformation controversy who had been students together in less troubled times, and the final formal procession of the Kennaquhair monks as the Reformed forces arrive. A talking-point when the work was first published, the mysterious spectral White Lady, guardian of the magical Black Book, still intrigues readers. A strong comic element is provided by Sir Piercie Shafton with his absurd linguistic mannerisms fashionable at the English court. The narrative is preceded by one of Scott's most charming and playful introductory exchanges between the fictional local antiquary Cuthbert Clutterbuck and the Author of Waverley.

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