Waverley Or Tis Sixty Years Since: Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott: An Historical Novel by Sir Walter ScottPrabhat Prakashan, 1 ene 1814 - 370 páginas Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott: Step into the historical romance and adventure of Walter Scott's "Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since." This novel takes readers to the 18th-century Scottish Highlands, where they will encounter political intrigue, love, and the clash of cultures. Key Aspects of the Book "Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since": Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist and poet known for his historical novels that celebrated Scottish culture and history. "Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since" is a testament to his storytelling prowess and his contribution to the genre of historical fiction. |
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... Lady of the Lake, that I was induced to think of attempting something of the same kind in prose. I had been a good deal in the Highlands at a time when they were much less accessible and much less visited than they have been of late ...
... lady, apparently young and beautiful, who rode by his side upon a dappled palfrey; his squire, who carried his helmet and lance, and led his battlehorse, a noble steed, richly caparisoned. A page and four yeomen, bearing bows and ...
... lady Isabella, to explain the cause of the disturbance. No more of the proposed tale was ever written; but the Author's purpose was that it should turn upon a fine legend of superstition which is current in the part of the Borders where ...
... more sober part of the company. The company dispersed by degrees, and at length the vicar and the young Scotchman alone remained, besides the baronet, his lady, daughters, and myself. The clergyman had not, it would seem,
... ladies had dipped deeply into the fashionable reading of the present day. Lady Ratcliff and her fair daughters had climbed every pass, viewed every pineshrouded ruin, heard every groan, and lifted every trapdoor, in company with the ...