The Fair Maid of Perth
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| Author | Sir Walter Scott |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Series | Chronicles of the Canongate; Waverley Novels |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | |
| Publication date | 1828 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and paperback) |
| ISBN | N/A |
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 the 14th Century in Perth and other parts of Scotland. It was first published in May 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.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
The "Fair Maid" is Catharine Glover, daughter of a glovemaker in Perth, who kisses Henry Smith, the armorer, while he is sleeping, on Valentine'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 Prince David, the son of Robert III of Scotland, and Louise the Glee-Maiden.
[edit] Historical anomaly
In the novel, the death of David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay - which historically took place in 1402 - occurs the night before the Battle of the North Inch in 1396.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Page on The Fair Maid of Perth at the Walter Scott Digital Archive
- The Fair Maid of Perth, available at Project Gutenberg.
- The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club
La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott.[1]
