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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
6 de dez. de 2006 · The fair maid of Perth, or St. Valentine's day : Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
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 extinguish each other to gain s...
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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.
27 de jul. de 2009 · Startled from her repose by the noise of the affray, the Fair Maid of Perth had listened in breathless terror to the sounds of violence and outcry which arose from the street. She had sunk on her knees to pray for assistance, and when she distinguished the voices of neighbours and friends collected for her protection, she remained in ...
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.
