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The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.
19 de dez. de 2011 · Learn about the composition, sources, synopsis, reception, and links of Scott's 1828 novel The Fair Maid of Perth, based on a legendary battle and a love story. Explore the historical and literary background of the novel and its characters, such as Robert III, Rothsay, and Henry Smith.
- Walter Scott
- 1828
27 de jul. de 2009 · The Fair Maid of Perth looked with some anxiety at him, as if apprehensive that his evident sullenness might increase her father’s displeasure; but it was not till her eyes had sought out his for a second time that Conachar condescended to veil his dissatisfaction, and throw a greater appearance of willingness and submission into the services which he was performing.
La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the 1828 novel The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott.
3.83. 220 ratings29 reviews. The Fair Maid of Perth centres on the merchant classes of Perth in the fourteenth century, and their commitment to the pacific values of trade, in a bloody and brutal era in which no right to life is recognised, in which the Scottish nobles fight for control of the weak Scottish monarchy, and clans are prepared to ...
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20 de ago. de 2019 · A historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1999 by Edinburgh University Press. The book is about the love story of a young woman and a soldier in the Scottish Wars of Independence.
11 de set. de 2020 · The Fair Maid of Perth (or, as it less commonly known, St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in the 14th Century in Perth and other parts of Scotland. It was first published in May 15, 1828.
