The Black Dwarf (Annotated)

Set amid the rugged Scottish Borders in the uneasy years following the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf combines historical romance, Gothic mystery, and regional realism. Its enigmatic central figure, the embittered recluse Elshie of the Mucklestane Moor, presides over a plot of threatened inheritance, concealed identity, and Jacobite intrigue. Scott's prose mingles antiquarian precision with vigorous ...