Original manuscript of 'The heart of Midlothian' by Sir Walter Scott
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| Sir Walter Scott > Original manuscript of 'The heart of Midlothian' by Sir Walter Scott > (1) Front cover |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/240432206 |
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| Description | The Heart of Mid-Lothian refers to the old Tolbooth, or prison, in Edinburgh. The novel follows the quest of Jeanie Deans who travels to England to ask a pardon for her sister Effie who was wrongly imprisoned. Sir Walter Scott wrote the manuscript in 1818 and it was published in the same year. The manuscript is mostly complete but a few folios are missing. |
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| Shelfmark | MS.1548 |
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| Description | A selection of items relating to Sir Walter Scott (1771 to 1832). They include the manuscripts for 'Waverley', ‘Redgauntlet’ and 'Rob Roy', Scott's novels focusing on the Jacobite risings of 1745 and 1715. Also available are the manuscripts for ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian’ and ‘Marmion’. A volume of 'The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' has extensive annotations by Scott. A published version of 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ has annotations by the novelist William Beckford. There is a volume of Scott's letters, poems and prose, including a series of letters to the publisher John Murray II. |
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