The heart of Midlothian
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The heart of Midlothian
（The world's classics）
Oxford University Press, 1982
- : pbk
Available at 24 libraries
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Originally published: 1830
Bibliography: p. [xxiv]-xxvi
Oxford paperbacks
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Description
This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Queen and resolve to take their own revenge. At the centre of the story is Edinburgh's forbidding Tolbooth prison, known by all as the Heart of Midlothian.
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