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This carefully crafted ebook:'Rob Roy + The Heart of Midlothian (2 Unabridged and fully Illustrated Classics with Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang)'is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is a tale of adventure in the 18th century, set in the Scottish highlands, whose hero is the legendary maverick outlaw Rob Roy Macgregor. Though Rob Roy is not the lead character, his personality and actions are key to the novel's development. The Heart of Midlothian is a novel of Scottish history by Sir Walter Scott, published in four volumes in 1818. It is often considered to be his finest novel. The Old Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh is called'the heart of Midlothian,'and there Effie Deans is held on charges of having murdered her illegitimate son. Her sister, Jeanie Deans, makes a dangerous journey through outlaw-infested regions to London to seek the queen's pardon for Effie. Justice and Scottish Presbyterianism are discussed at length, and issues of conscience provide the novel's themes. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel.

Jeanie Deans, a young woman from a family of highly devout Presbyterians, goes to London, partly by foot, hoping to achieve an audience with the Queen through the influence of the Duke of Argyll. She is determined to receive a royal pardon for her sister, who was unjustly imprisoned at the Old Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh, known as The Heart of Midlothian, and notorious for the cruelty and severity of its guards.

Historical novel, first published in 1818. Set in Edinburgh, Richmond, and London in 1736. According to Wikipedia:'Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 – 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of The Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.'

This novel, regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard; when his life is saved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. Closely connected with these events is the story of the novel's heroine, Jeanie Deans, a peasant girl of remarkable religious faith. Like the people of Edinburgh she refuses to accept a legal decision, in this case against her sister Effie, condemned under a harsh law of child-murder. The novel follows Jeanie's prodigious determination to save her sister's life. At the centre of both narratives is Edinburgh's forbidding prison, the Tolbooth, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian. (Amazon)

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Noch bis zum Anfange des verwichenen Jahrhunderts war es Brauch, auf diesem Platze die Verbrecher vom Leben zum Tode zu bringen. Zum Zeichen, daß wieder solch verhängnisvoller Tag sich nahte, wurde am östlichen Ende des Platzes ein großer, schwarzer Galgen aufgeschlagen. Rings um diesen grausigen Apparat herum lief das Schafott, zu dem eine Doppelleiter emporführte, bestimmt für Delinquenten und Henker. Errichtet wurde der Galgen immer vor Tagesanbruch, und so konnte man recht wohl meinen, er sei im Laufe der Nacht aus der Erde herausgewachsen, als Werk irgend eines bösen Geistes. Kann ich mich doch aus meiner Kinderzeit noch recht gut des Grausens erinnern, mit welchem wir Jungen den schrecklichen Vorbereitungen zu solch schrecklichem Tode zuschauten. In der auf die Hinrichtung folgenden Nacht verschwand der Galgen ebenso spurlos wieder in einem düsteren Gewölbe im Erdgeschoß des Parlamentsgebäudes. Um 7. September des Jahres 1786 tauchte auf eben beschriebenem Platze das unheimliche Gerüst wieder auf, und von aller Frühe an drängten sich Menschengruppen an seinem Fuße, begierig auf das Schauspiel, das ihnen winkte. In der Regel vergißt das Volk in seiner Gutmütigkeit die Missetaten, die den Delinquenten zu solcher Richtstatt führen, und gedenkt nur noch seines Jammers und Elends. An jenem Tage aber sah man nur finstere, rachsüchtige Mienen; denn der Delinquent, der heute die steile Leiter hinaufsteigen sollte, um gehenkt zu werden, war eines Verbrechens überführt worden, das jegliche Milde und Schonung ausschloß...

The Heart of Midlothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the author was given as'Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster and Parish-clerk of Gandercleugh'. Although the identity of the author of the Waverley Novels was well known by this time, Scott still chose to write under a pseudonym. The book was released only seven months after the highly successful Rob Roy. Scott was at the time recovering from illness, and wrote at an even more furious pace than usual. When the book was released, it more than matched the popularity of his last novel. The Heart of Midlothian is often regarded as Scott's finest novel. Much of the dialogue is in Lowland Scots, and some editions carry a glossary.