Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns
"Tam O'Shanter" by Robert Burns is a narrative poem written in 1790. It follows Tam, a farmer who frequents the pub despite his wife's warnings, as he rides home drunk one stormy night. Passing a haunted church, he witnesses witches and warlocks dancing with the Devil himself. When Tam foolishly shouts at an attractive witch in a short shirt, the supernatural creatures chase him through the darkness. He must reach the safety
of a bridge before they catch him, as witches cannot cross running water. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 |
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| Illustrator | Miller, Harry L. |
| Title | Tam O'Shanter |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(poem) |
| Credits |
Produced by Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Scottish poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 25733 |
| Release Date | Jun 9, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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