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Old Mortality is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of his Tales of My Landlord (1816).
- Scott, Walter, Sir, Douglas S. Mack
- 1816
Old Mortality, novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1816 and a masterpiece in the genre of historical romance. The story takes place in Scotland in 1679 during a time of political turmoil, when the dissenting Covenanters were up in arms against the English King Charles II.
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16 de fev. de 2003 · “Old Mortality” is the first of Scott’s works in which he invades history beyond the range of what may be called living oral tradition. In “Waverley,” and even in “Rob Roy,” he had the memories of Invernahyle, of Miss Nairne, of many persons of the last generation for his guides.
22 de ago. de 2004 · Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Historical Fiction. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Scott, Walter, Sir, Douglas S. Mack
- 1816
Old Mortality (1816), which many consider the finest of Scott's Waverley novels, is a swift-moving historical romance that places an anachronistically liberal hero against the forces of fanaticism in seventeenth-century Scotland, in the period infamous as the `killing time'.
Summary. PDF Cite Share. Henry Morton has the misfortune of being a moderate man, a man who can see both sides of a question. During the rebellion of the Covenanters against the Crown in 1679, his...
Overview. Old Mortality. Quick Reference. A novel by Sir W. Scott, published in 1816 in Tales of my Landlord, 1st series. ‘Old Mortality’ is the nickname of a certain Robert Paterson, who towards the end of the 18th cent. wandered about Scotland cleaning and repairing the tombs of the Cameronians.
