TY - BOOK AU - Scott,Walter TI - The Bride of Lammermoor AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - Psychological fiction KW - Love stories KW - Scotland -- Fiction KW - Women murderers -- Fiction KW - Arranged marriage -- Fiction N1 - Waverley novel; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor; Release date is 2006-01-16; An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Sir Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1819. Set in the Scottish Lammermuir Hills around the time of the 1707 Act of Union, it tells the tragic story of Lucy Ashton and Edgar Ravenswood, whose families are bitter enemies. When the young lovers become engaged, Lucy's manipulative mother schemes to destroy their relationship and force Lucy into a politically advantageous marriage. Based on an actual incident, this dark tale of thwarted love inspired Donizetti's famous opera "Lucia di Lammermoor." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/471 ER -