The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Scott (1818), the third in the 'Tales of my Landlord' series. It depicts the tragic love between the Master of Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton, opposed by her mother.
The Bride of Lammermoor est un roman historique de Scott (1818), troisième série de "Tales of my Landlord". Il dépeint l'amour tragique entre le Master of Ravenswood et Lucy Ashton, contrecarré par la mère de cette dernière.
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| Back | a novel Scott 1818 third series of Tales of my landlord it tells the story of the Master of Ravenswood 's unhappy and eventually tragic love for Lucy Ashton, daughter of a family with whom he has an inherited feud. lady Ashton , Lucy's mother, opposes the romance and tricks her daughter into marriage with the Laird of Bucklaw by convincing her that Ravenswood has abandoned her he returns after the wedding to demand vengeance , she becomes insane and murders her husband The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819. The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, and tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her family's enemy Edgar Ravenswood. Scott indicated the plot was based on an actual incident. The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose were published together anonymously as the third of Scott's Tales of My Landlord series. The story is the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera Lucia di Lammermoor |
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