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How many years has it been since the last time i read a sir walter scott book. Sir williams wife, lady ashton, is the villain and evil perpetrator of the whole intrigue, haughty and manipulative in her objective to cancel the initial happy engagement between edgar and lucy and forcing the latter to a speedily arranged marriage with. The project gutenberg ebook of bride of lammermoor, by sir walter scott this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The novel is set in the lammermuir hills of southeast scotland at the beginning of the 18th century and tells of a tragic love affair between young lucy ashton and her familys enemy edgar ravenswood. At length, however, the torrent of passion foamed off its madness, and he flung. Jan 16, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and.
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