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STORY BY Walter Scott

Kenilworth

Kenilworth

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Extrait : "C'est le privilège des romanciers de placer le début de leur histoire dans une auberge, rendez-vous de tous les voyageurs, où règne la liberté, et où chacun déploie son humeur sans cérémonie et sans contrainte."

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Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

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Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.

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The Antiquary

The Antiquary

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The Antiquary is about several characters including an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. He is the eponymous character and for all practical purposes the hero, though the characters of Lovel and Isabella Wardour provide the conventional love interest.

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The Monastery

The Monastery

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The story recounts the tragic love of Lucy Ashton and Edgar, Master of Ravenswood. Edgar's father was stripped of the title for supporting the deposed King James VII. Lucy's ambitious father, Sir William Ashton, then bought the Ravenswood estate. Edgar hates Sir William for this usurpation of his family's heritage, but on meeting Lucy, falls in love with her, and renounces his plans for vengeance.

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The Pirate

The Pirate

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The arrival of the shipwrecked captain, Cleveland, spoils young Mordaunt's relationship with the Troil girls, and soon a bitter rivalry grows between the two men. Minna falls in love with Cleveland, not knowing his true profession. Brenda however is in love with Mordaunt. The pirates capture the Troils, but after an encounter with the frigate HMS Halcyon, they are freed. Brenda and Mordaunt are reunited, and Minna and Clement parted.

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La sposa di Lammermoor

La sposa di Lammermoor

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Sulla tomba paterna, il giovane e impetuoso Edgar Ravenswood giura vendetta contro sir William Ashton, guardasigilli di Scozia, che aveva espropriato la sua famiglia di tutti i possedimenti, compresi il castello e le terre. Sul punto di punire l"usurpatore, Edgar si innamora perdutamente di una giovane donna, Lucia, la quale altri non è che la figlia del suo acerrimo nemico. Per amore della fanciulla, Edgar decide di rinunciare ai suoi propositi di vendetta. Ma la terribile e orgogliosa Lady Ashton, madre di Lucia, è determinata a impedire con ogni mezzo la loro unione. Donna altera, perfida e manipolatrice, Lady Ashton ricorre all’aiuto di una veggente cieca, che suggestiona la ragazza col racconto di antiche leggende e profezie sinistre sulla famiglia Ravenswood. Lucia, fragile e influenzabile, cede alla fine alla volontà materna e acconsente a un matrimonio di interesse. Ma sul suo capo aleggia minaccioso lo spettro della follia. Ambientata nel paesaggio selvatico delle Highlands, nei primi anni del XVIII secolo, questa appassionante vicenda d’amore e morte dai toni shakespeariani mescola sapientemente elementi da tragedia romantica a quelli gotici e tenebrosi attinti dalle leggende popolari dell"antica Scozia. Fonti insanguinate e maledette, torri in rovina, magia, leggende, apparizioni sovrannaturali, accompagnano l’evoluzione della storia d’amore tra i due sventurati amanti e fanno da sapiente contraltare agli eventi storici e politici. Pubblicata nel 1819, la vicenda della sposa di Lammermoor ispirò a Donizetti una delle sue opere più famose e suggestive.

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La Jolie Fille de Perth

La Jolie Fille de Perth

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Extrait : "Chaque quartier d'Edimbourg à quelque objet particulier dont il est fier ; de sorte que cette ville réunie dans cette enceinte, si vous voulez croire les habitants sur parole, autant de variété que de beauté, autant d'intérêt historique que de sites pittoresques."

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Ivanhoé

Ivanhoé

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Extrait : "Dans cet heureux district de la riche Angleterre, baigné par le Don, s'étendait jadis une forêt vaste qui couvrait la plus grande partie des belles montagnes et des vallées assises entre l'industrieuse Sheffield et la riante Doncaster. On voit encore des restes de cette forêt dans les superbes domaines de Wentworth, de Warncliffe-Park, et dans les environs de Rotherham."

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Woodstock

Woodstock

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Extrait : "Il y a une belle église paroissiale dans la ville de Woodstock , – on me l'a dit du moins, car je ne l'ai jamais vue ; à peine, lorsque j'y allai, si j'eus le temps de visiter le magnifique château de Blenheim, ses salles décorées par la peinture, et les riches tapisseries de ses appartements."

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