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| Author | Walter Scott |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Scots |
| Series | Waverley Novels; Tales of My Landlord [1st series] |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | William Blackwood (Edinburgh); John Murray (London) |
Publication date | 2 December 1816[1] |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 124 (Edinburgh Edition, 1993) |
| Preceded by | The Antiquary |
| Followed by | The Tale of Old Mortality |
One of the Waverley Novels by Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series (1816). It is set in 1708, in the Scottish Borders, against the background of the first uprising to be attempted by the Jacobites after the Act of Union.[2]
- ^ "The Black Dwarf". Edinburgh University Library. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf, ed. P. D. Garside (Edinburgh, 1993), 200.