Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, September 22nd, 2000
Readers of The Heart of Midlothian--particularly those who read Walter Scott as a historical novelist--are often troubled by its fourth volume, with its quotidian worries about bridal trousseaux, cheese recipes, and house payments, and its apparent retreat from the political purposes that dominate the first three volumes. The real work of this novel, such readers claim, is done when Jeanie's pilgrimage to London ends, gaining pardon for her sister and a new rapprochement between England and Scotland; her establishment in the Firth of Clyde is merely an extended opportunity to see her virtue re...
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