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The main character is based on David Ritchie, whom Scott met in the autumn of 1797. In the tale, the dwarf is Sir Edward Mauley, a hermit regarded by the locals as being in league with the Devil, who becomes embroiled in a complex tale of love, revenge, betrayal, Jacobite schemes and a threatened forced marriage.
- Walter Scott
- 1816
Dec 19, 2011 · This page provides a brief summary of the plot of Scott's novel The Black Dwarf , contained in Tales of My Landlord , the background to its creation and how it was received at the time by critics and the public.
The Black Dwarf. Walter Scott. 3.53. 312 ratings30 reviews. The story is set just after the Union of Scotland and England (1707), in the Liddesdale hills of the Scottish Borders, familiar to Scott from his work collecting ballads for The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.
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"Black Dwarf" was the tag his enemies gave him. And the short, dark-skinned Egyptian bishop had plenty of enemies. He was exiled five times by four Roman emperors, spending 17 of the 45 years...
Feb 15, 2006 · THE BLACK DWARF. by Sir Walter Scott. CONTENTS. I. TALES OF MY LANDLORD, INTRODUCTION. II. INTRODUCTION to THE BLACK DWARF. III. THE BLACK DWARF. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI.
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Quick Facts Author, Country ... One of the Waverley Novels by Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series (1816). It is set in 1708, in the Scottish Borders, against the background of the first uprising to be attempted by the Jacobites after the Act of Union.
