Back قلب ميدلوثيان Arabic El corazón de Mid-Lothian Spanish Le Cœur du Midlothian French הלב של מידלות'יאן HE Էդինբուրգյան բանտ Armenian ミドロジアンの心臓 Japanese Więzienie w Edynburgu Polish Эдинбургская темница Russian
 Effie and Jeanie Deans embracing by Robert Herdman (1873) | |
| Author | Walter Scott |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Series | Waverley Novels; Tales of my Landlord, Second Series |
| Genre | Historical novel |
Publication date | 25 July 1818[1] |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 469 (Edinburgh Edition, 2004) |
| Preceded by | Rob Roy |
| Followed by | The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose (Tales of My Landlord, Third series) |
The Heart of Mid-Lothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the author was given as "Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoolmaster and Parish-clerk of Gandercleugh". The main action, which takes place between September 1736 and May 1737, is set in motion by the Porteous Riots in Edinburgh and involves an epic journey from Edinburgh to London by a working-class girl to obtain a royal commutation of the death penalty incurred by her sister for the alleged murder of her new-born baby. Despite some negative contemporary reviews, some now consider it Scott's best novel.[2][3]
- ^ "The Heart of Midlothian". Edinburgh University Library. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "The Heart of Midlothian (Tales of My Landlord)". Edinburgh University Library. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ D 'Arcy, Julian Meldon (2001). "Roseneath: Scotland or "Scott-land"? A Reappraisal of The Heart of Midlothian". Studies in Scottish Literature. 32 (1): 26–36 – via Scholar Commons.