The Abbot

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The Abbot
Author	Sir Walter Scott
Country	Scotland
Language	English, Lowland Scots
Series	Tales from Benedictine Sources
Genre(s)	Historical novel
Publisher	Longman
Publication date	1820
Media type	Print (Hardback)

The Abbot (1820) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with The Monastery, it is one of Scott's Tales from Benedictine Sources and is set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and the Elizabethan era of the Kingdom of England.

[edit] Plot introduction

It is concerned mainly with Mary Queen of Scots imprisonment at Loch Leven Castle, her escape and defeat.

Parallel to this is the romance of Roland Graeme, a dim-witted but spirited youth, who after being brought up at the castle of Avenel is sent by the Regent Murray to be page to Mary Stuart with directions to guard her. He falls in love with Catherine Seyton who is one of the ladies in waiting to the queen. He is found later to be the heir to Avenel.

[edit] Allusions and references

The novel is briefly mentioned in James Joyce's short story "Araby".

Clutterbuck is the imaginary author of The Fortunes of Nigel, as well as the patron to whom The Abbot is dedicated.

[edit] External links

The Abbot, available at Project Gutenberg.
The Abbot at Walter Scott Digital Archive, the University of Edinburgh library

v • d • e Works by Walter Scott

Novels:	Waverley (1814) • Guy Mannering (1815) • The Antiquary (1816) • The Black Dwarf (1816) • Old Mortality (1816) • Rob Roy (1817) • The Heart of Midlothian (1818) • The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) • A Legend of Montrose (1819) • Ivanhoe (1819) • The Monastery (1820) • The Abbot (1820) • Kenilworth (1821) • The Pirate (1821) • The Fortunes of Nigel (1822) • Peveril of the Peak (1823) • Quentin Durward (1823) • St. Ronan's Well (1823) • Redgauntlet (1824) • The Betrothed (1825) • The Talisman (1825) • Woodstock (1826) • Chronicles of the Canongate (1827) • The Fair Maid of Perth (1828) • Anne of Geierstein (1829) • Count Robert of Paris (1831) • Castle Dangerous (1831)