The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Jeanie is pressured to save her sister's life by lying in court, and this she cannot do, but she can walk to London in search of a royal pardon! She maintains her innocence, but cannot produce the baby. Effie is put into the Tolbooth, the cruel 'heart of Midlothian,' to await trial, and the justices plan to use her as an example to others. When Effie finds herself in trouble, she refuses to confide in Jeanie, and after disappearing for a couple of weeks, is arrested for child murder. Their father is a respectable cowman, but nearly fanatical in his strict Presbyterian religion. ![]() ![]() After that, though, it gets really good, so stick with it through the first 80 pages or so.Įffie is the pretty, light-hearted, headstrong younger sister in contrast to the responsible, serious Jeanie. It is quite some time before we figure out that the main characters are two sisters, Jeanie and Effie Deans. The first narrator meets a couple of Scottish lawyers, and then describes the Porteous riots of 1736 before mentioning a couple of tiny country houses and the family background there. ![]() The story starts off agonizingly slowly, actually. It's my first Scott novel other than Ivanhoe! I was expecting some sort of dashing Jacobite adventure, but in fact The Heart of Midlothian is mostly about country people and.a prison. The Heart of Midlothian, by Sir Walter Scott ![]()
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