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A historical romance set during a turbulent era of royal authority and religious dissent, it interweaves personal loyalties, romantic entanglements, and political violence. Narration shifts between pastoral domestic life and episodes of armed confrontation, pairing social interaction with legal and moral reckonings. A persistent motif of visiting and preserving burial monuments frames reflections on memory and martyrdom, while competing factions test characters' honor and conscience. The work balances vivid action with reflective digressions on law, loyalty, and the human cost of ideological conflict.

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Title: Old Mortality, Complete

Author: Walter Scott

Release date: August 22, 2004 [eBook #6941]
Most recently updated: March 15, 2021

Language: English

Credits: David Widger and David Moynihan

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OLD MORTALITY

by Sir Walter Scott

OLD MORTALITY

by Sir Walter Scott


CONTENTS

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO OLD MORTALITY.

INTRODUCTION TO THE TALES OF MY LANDLORD.

INTRODUCTION TO OLD MORTALITY.

VOLUME I.

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.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

VOLUME II.

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.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

GLOSSARY.


List of Illustrations

Bookcover

Spines

Titlepage

Dedication

First Series

Frontispiece

The Graveyard

Tillietudlem Castle

Edith on the Battlements

Claverhouse

The Duel

Abbotsford

VOLUME II.

Bookcover

Spines

Titlepage

Jenny Dennison

The Battle of Bothwell Bridge

“Whiles—at Brose-time”

Morton Awaiting Death—Frontispiece

Uttered a Dismal Shriek, and Fainted

Morton and Black Linn

Interior of Abbotsford