The Bride of Lammermoor

by Scott, Walter; Alexander, J. H.; Sutherland, Kathryn

• ISBN13: 9780140436563
• ISBN10: 0140436561
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Sir William Ashton, a devious lawyer, has deprived Lord Ravenswood of his title, his estate and subsequently of his life by means of legal and financial trickery. Edgar, Ravenswood's only son, has inherited his father's desire for vengeance. When he meets his adversary by chance, however, he not only saves Ashton's life, but falls in love with his daughter Lucy. The couple wish to marry, but will the ancient prophecy of Ravenswood stand in their way?

Author Biography

Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. Educated for the law, he obtained the office of sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire in 1799 and in 1806 the office of clerk of session, a post whose duties he fulfilled for some twenty-five years. His lifelong interest in Scottish antiquity and the ballads which recorded Scottish history led him to try his hand at narrative poems of adventure and action. The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810) made his reputation as one of the leading poets of his time. A novel, Waverley, which he had begun in 1805, was published anonymously in 1814. Subsequent novels appeared with the note “by the author of Waverley”; hence his novels often are called collectively “the Waverley novels.” Some of the most famous of these are Old Mortality (1816), Rob Roy (1817), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821), and Quentin Durward (1823). In recognition of his literary work Scott was made a baronet in 1819. During his last years he held various official positions and published biographies, editions of Swift and Dryden, tales, lyric poetry, and various studies of history and antiquity. He died in 1832.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
The Waverley Novels in Penguin	ix
Introduction	xiii
Chronology of Walter Scott	xxxvi
Further Reading	xlv
A Note on the Text	l
THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR in Tales of my Landlord (Third Series)
Volume I	3	(118)
Volume II	121	(104)
Volume III	225	(46)
Appendix: Scott's `Magnum' Introduction to The Bride of Lammermoor from The Waverley Novels, 48 vols (Edinburgh, 1829-33), 13.237-55	271	(10)
Historical Note	281	(6)
Explanatory Notes	287	(41)
Glossary	328