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The various talents of this famous writer--as a minstrel, lyricist and master of landscape in words--intertwine in this selection by James Reed, an expert on ballads and the Border tradition.

This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake , and the complete narrative poems "William and Helen" and "Marmion," reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people.

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This volume contains a lovely collection of ballads and lyric poems written by Sir Walter Scott. This fantastic collection of timeless poetry will appeal to all lovers of the written word, and will be of special interest to fans and collectors of Scott’s seminal work. The poems contained herein include: “Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronald’s Coronach”, “The Eve of Saint John”, “Cadyow Castle”, “The Grey Brother”, “Thomas the Rymer, Part I”, “Thomas the Rymer, Part II”, “Thomas the Rymer, Part III”, “The Fire King”, “Frederick and Alice”, and many more. Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a famous Scottish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novels and poetry are still widely read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. This book was first published in 1806, and is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

His Waverley novels brought Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) great international fame in his own day. Many modern readers, however, find them too daunting, perhaps because of their considerable length. The aim of this volume is to introduce the general reader to Scott's prose fiction through his highly accessible short stories. These include the "straightforward" horror stories My Aunt Margaret's Mirror and The Tapestried Chamber and the masterly Wandering Willie's Tale with its weird expedition to Hell, told in broad Scots. The Highland Widow and The Two Drovers mirror the themes of some of Scott's great novels. The former deals with friction and misunderstanding between generations in a Highland family - with fatal consequences. The latter examines ideas of justice and honour when Highlander and Englishman collide - again with fatal consequences.Also included are The Fortunes of Martin Waldeck and Death of the Laird's Jock. With an Introduction by Ronald W. Renton and an Essay by David Cecil.

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