La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 2 (of 3) by Walter Scott
"La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 2 (of 3)" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1819. Set in the Scottish Lammermuir Hills around the time of the 1707 Act of Union, it tells the tragic love story between young Lucy Ashton and Edgar, Master of Ravenswood, whose families are bitter enemies. When Lucy's manipulative mother schemes to destroy their engagement and force Lucy into an arranged marriage, the consequences
spiral into madness and death. Based on actual events, this tale inspired Donizetti's famous opera. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 |
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| Title | La promessa sposa di Lammermoor, Tomo 2 (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: 47.7 (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. | 42882 |
| Release Date | Jun 7, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 301 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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