<p><b>Only edition in print</b><br /><br />One of the main forces in early nineteenth-century literature, Sir Walter Scott was not<br />only among the greatest novelists of his time, but influenced generations of writers,<br />including literary giants such as Stendhal and Tolstoy. Though chiefly remembered<br />for his historical epics Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and Guy Mannering, Scott penned a<br />number of short stories which have been unjustly eclipsed by the enduring fame of<br />his longer works.<br /><br />Mostly set in the Highlands of Scotland and presenting a vast array of memorable<br />characters, the stories in this collection are tinged with an element of the<br />supernatural or explore themes of murder and guilt, revealing the author's great<br />talent in the shorter-fiction form. This volume also includes a long excerpt from<br />Scott's Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, which questions how much credit can<br />be given to ghost stories and alleged supernatural occurrences.</p>
Paperback / softback | 272 pages | Published November 2024
