La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 1 (of 3) by Walter Scott

"La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 1 (of 3)" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1819. Set in the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland around the Act of Union of 1707, it tells the tragic love story between young Lucy Ashton and Edgar Ravenswood, whose family lost their estate to Lucy's ambitious father. As their forbidden romance blossoms, Lucy's manipulative mother schemes to destroy their engagement and force Lucy into a politically advantageous marriage, setting in motion events that will lead to devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Title La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 1 (of 3)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sposa_di_Lammermoor
Credits E-text prepared by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 43.9 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Italian
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Scotland -- Fiction
Subject Women murderers -- Fiction
Subject Arranged marriage -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 42881
Release Date
Last Update Oct 23, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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