The Lady of the LakeThe Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival. |
Contents
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 22 |
Section 5 | 23 |
Section 6 | 29 |
Section 7 | 30 |
Section 8 | 37 |
Section 13 | 80 |
Section 14 | 105 |
Section 15 | 132 |
Section 16 | 158 |
Section 17 | 159 |
Section 18 | 189 |
Section 19 | 190 |
Section 20 | 215 |
Section 9 | 41 |
Section 10 | 43 |
Section 11 | 56 |
Section 12 | 73 |
Section 21 | 238 |
Section 22 | 283 |
Section 23 | 303 |
Section 24 | 304 |
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