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The Lady of the Lake: read and explore

Set in the Scottish Highlands, it weaves together three dramatic plots: a romantic…

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Author
Walter Scott
Form
poem
Catalog year
1810

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LADY OF THE LAKE *** THE LADY OF THE LAKE By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited with Notes By William J. Rolfe, Formerly Head Master of the High School, Cambridge, Mass. Boston 1883 Preface When I first saw Mr. Osgood's beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the …

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