- The Fair Maid of Perth
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name = The Fair Maid of Perth
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author = Sir Walter Scott
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country =Scotland
language = English, Lowland Scots
series = Chronicles of the Canongate;Waverley Novels
genre =Historical novel
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release_date =1828
media_type = Print (Hardback andpaperback )
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followed_by ="The Fair Maid of Perth" (or, as it less commonly known, "St. Valentine's Day") is a
novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in the14th Century in Perth and other parts ofScotland . It was first published inMay 15 1828 .The book was originally to have two other stories in the same volume: "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" and "The Death of the Laird's Jock", and was to have been titled "St. Valentine's Eve". [ [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/novels/fairmaid.html The Fair Maid of Perth (Chronicles of the Canongate, Second Series] ]
Plot summary
The "Fair Maid" is Catharine Glover, daughter of a glovemaker in Perth, who kisses Henry Smith, the
armorer , while he is sleeping, onValentine's Day . Smith proposes marriage, and although Catharine refuses at first, she marries him at the end of the book.There is a parallel plot concerning the romance of
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay , the son ofRobert III of Scotland , and Louise the Glee-Maiden.Historical anomalies
In the novel, the death of
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay - which historically took place in1402 - occurs the night before theBattle of the North Inch ; this scene is set in March or April, but the battle occurred in September1396 .Bizet opera
La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts byGeorges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto byJules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges andJules Adenis , after the novel by Sir Walter Scott. [http://www.grovemusic.com Hugh MacDonald: "La Jolie fille de Perth"] "Grove Music Online ", accessedApril 10 ,2007 .]References
External links
* [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/novels/fairmaid.html Page on "The Fair Maid of Perth" at the Walter Scott Digital Archive]
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* [http://www.eswsc.com/ The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club]
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