The Black Dwarf / World Classics (ePub)

(Sprache: Englisch)

Autor: Walter Scott

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The story is set just after the Union of Scotland and England, in the Liddesdale hills of the Scottish Borders, familiar to Scott from his work collecting ballads for The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. The main character is based on David Ritchie, whom Scott met in the autumn of 1797. In the tale, the dwarf is Sir Edward Mauley, a hermit regarded by the locals as being in league with the Devil, who becomes embroiled in a complex tale of love, revenge, betrayal, Jacobite schemes and a threatened forced marriage. Scott began the novel well, 'but tired of the ground I had trode so often before... I quarrelled with my story, & bungled up a conclusion.'

Autoren-Porträt von Walter Scott

Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian as well as an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession. Throughout his career he combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.